Product Description<br/><br/><br/>The snick of a lock. The squeak of door hinges. The creak of a floorboard . . . <br/><br/> Nothing is more mysterious than footsteps in the dark. Are those approaching steps that of friend or enemy? Lover or killer?<br/><br/> Contains mature themes.<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Josh Lanyon has been writing gay mystery and romance for over a decade. In addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and novels, Lanyon is the author of the critically acclaimed Adrien English seriesincluding The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USA Best Book Award for LGBT fiction and a Lambda Literary Award finalist for Gay Mystery. He lives in Los Angeles. L. B. Gregg is the author of How I Met Your Father, the Mend of Smithfield series, and the Bluewater Bay series. When not working from her home in the rolling hills of Northwestern Connecticut, she can be spotted in coffee shops from Berlin to Singapore to Panama-sipping lattes and writing scorchingly hot, often funny, stories about men who love men. Z. A. Maxfield started writing in 2007 on a dare from my children and never looked back. Her books include Honky Tonk Hellion, Crossing Borders, and the Plummet to Soar series. Nicole Kimberling is a novelist and the senior editor at Blind Eye Books. Her first novel, Turnskin, won the Lambda Literary Award. Other works include the Bellingham Mystery Series, set in the Washington town where she resides with her wife of thirty years and an ongoing cooking column for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. She is also the creator and writer of Lauren Proves Magic is Real! a serial fiction podcast, which explores the day-to-day case files of Special Agent Keith Curry, supernatural food inspector. Dal Maclean comes from Scotland. Her background is in journalism, and she has an undying passion for history. Dal has lived in Asia and worked all over the world, but home is now the U.K. She dislikes the Tragic Gay trope but loves imperfect characters and genuine emotional conflict in romantic fiction. As an author, and a reader, she believes it's worth a bit of work to reach a happy ending. She is the author of Object of Desire and Bitter Legacy. Meg Perry is an academic librarian who enjoys a good mystery! She is the author of the Jamie Brodie Mysteries series. C. S. Poe is a Lambda Literary and two-time EPIC award finalist, and a FAPA award-winning author of gay mystery, romance, and paranormal books, including Southernmost Murder and the Snow & Winter series. C. S. has lived in New York City, Key West, and Ibaraki, Japan, to name a few. She's rescued two cats-Milo and Kasper do their best on a daily basis to distract her from work. S. C. Wynne is the author of several m/m romance novels, including Damaged Heart and Memories Follow. She loves writing m/m and her characters are usually a little jaded, funny, and ultimately redeemed through love. S. C. is a Lambda Finalist for her book Crashing Upwards.