Alex is framed by his ex-best friend Lou and fired for illegal drug use, dumped by his girlfriend, and mugged all in the same day. After sending an anonymous letter to the newspaper's owner claiming to have seen a fellow technician switch the drug test vials, Alex decides to head south for a new start and warmer weather. He hunts for a new job along the way but no one wants to hire the big city newspaper reporter who supposedly was a drug addict. Although he protests his innocence, he can't prove he was framed. When an editor takes a chance and gives him a job as a crime reporter he is thrilled. Dell, his counterpart at the rival newspaper, isn't. Everything is going great for Alex until he receives death threats. Someone wants to kill him slowly with a knife. The suspects are:Lou - Alex's anonymous letter got him fired when the newspaper did another drug test.Dell - a gay rival newspaper reporter who thinks that one crime reporter in the city is enough. Domino - the hit man who uses a knife to kill victims. Who sent the death threats? Will Alex find true love with a gay reporter or his new female bodyguard? Or will the hit man get him? Read the 42,000 word novel and find out.
