When Wylie Lewis sells his half of the detective agency he owned to move into the house his grandfather willed him in the small town of Earlston, he expects he'll have work to do refurbishing and redecorating it. He doesn't expect that Garry Parish, the handsome restaurant owner who lives two doors down, would offer his assistance, as well as put him in contact with Carl, a handyman who could do most of the manual labor.<br><br>Wylie also doesn't expect to be the sheriff's prime suspect when Nelly, a young woman who works for Garry, disappears a week after Wylie arrives in town. As if that isn't bad enough, a second woman, Emma, vanishes a few days later.<br><br>Wylie, Garry, and Carl team up to try to locate them before the sheriff decides to arrest Wylie, but things take a deadly turn when they find Nelly's body. Will they be able to discover who the killer is in time to save Emma, while Wylie and Garry deal with their growing attraction to each other? Or will Wylie become the killer's next target, with deadly results?

New Man in Town

“‘Worth a shot’, according to him. Now, back to the original question. Who have you met since you got here?”


“Sorry. All right, Emma’s cousin, Roger, for one.” Wylie held up a thumb. “The man who owns the gas station, umm, Dave, I think.” He lifted a finger.


“Yeah. He fits our age range, so count him in.”


“So does Roger,” Wylie pointed out. “Although I can’t see him abducting his cousin.”


“Yeah, I guess. There’s Frank, and the guys who work for you. Well, Len. I haven’t actually met the other two.”


“Jim and Tommy. They’re cooks. True, you haven’t been introduced but you saw them last night. Tommy’s the older, gray-haired one.”


“Okay. Counting Tommy out, because of his age, that makes five. Then there’s Owen. He fits the age parameter, too. However, I can’t see him as a suspect. I mean, he’s Carl’s son for God’s sake.”


Chapter 43