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

“Yeah, it’s damned busy for a Tuesday,” Carl agreed. “Garry must love it.” He flagged Len down to order a beer.


“The whole town’s buzzing about you guys finding Emma,” Dave replied.


“It was luck, nothing more,” Wylie said.


“I don’t care what you call it; at least she’s alive which is what counts.”


“True,” Carl agreed, taking a swig of his beer as soon as Len set it down in front of him


“Are you eating dinner here?” Wylie asked Dave.


“Yep. Not in the mood to cook tonight. You?”


“Nope. I already ate and was too antsy to stick around the house, so here I am.”


Carl smirked. “Too antsy or wanted to see Garry?”


“I heard you and him have a thing going,” Dave said.


Wylie shrugged, taking another drink. “Not sure it’s a thing. We like each other and are seeing where it’ll go.”


“I owe you a vote of gratitude,” Roger said, taking the just vacated stool next to them. “If you hadn’t found Emma…” He shook his head in apparent dismay.


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