A Fatal Affair
(2025)(The second book in the Nyes Landing Crime Mystery series)
A novel by S F Williams
The sequel to The Lost Boy has arrived!
A mysterious death, a town on edge, and a relationship on the rocks—can Officer Nowak uncover the truth before he loses everything?
When an outbreak of food poisoning disrupts the opening night party for the Nyes Landing Players'' debut production, paramedics rush a drunken actor to the hospital—where he later dies. The medical examiner rules his death was due to ‘acute mixed drug and alcohol toxicity.’ But Officer Cal Nowak has seen his share of overdoses, and something doesn’t sit right. He suspects there’s more to the incident than a bad batch of meatballs.A cheating wife, a ruthless husband, feuding neighbors, a skittish housekeeper, and a mysterious woman with a dark secret all test Cal’s investigative skills at every turn. But his relentless pursuit of the truth comes at a personal cost. His relationship with Demetrius'''a divorced father navigating his first relationship with a man—begins to fracture under the strain. As Cal’s obsession with the case deepens, Demetrius questions their future together.
Tensions rise as the mayor pressures the police chief to rein Cal in, delivering an ultimatum: drop the case or lose his badge. Undeterred, Cal risks his career—and his heart—to bring a killer to justice.
Set in 2003, A Fatal Affair is the second novel in the Nyes Landing Crime Mystery series. If you enjoy small town murder mysteries that feature a gay romance, like Joseph Hansen’s Fadeout, Michael Nava’s Lay Your Sleeping Head, or Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe, don''t miss this absorbing mystery layered with emotion and secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Genre: Mystery
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