Cold Winters - Nick Fabian, #2

Nick Fabian has settled into life in the small Maine town of Point Clear with his boyfriend Roy Constas, but work in the P. I. business is slow. Struggling for money and a sense of purpose, he considers working at the local laundry with Emily, but the news that his old crush Lieutenant Scott Mordis has been murdered in Philadelphia ignites a deep yearning he'd been trying to snuff out. With their last parting a bitter one, Nick is conflicted about returning to Philly, but is driven by the force of his emotions to obtain justice for Scott.
Roy insists on tagging along for the ride, refusing to be left behind. He's jealous of Nick's affection for his former mentor and boss, and the two men face their first major hurdle as a couple. Nick's journey will plunge him back into a cold case-that of Aiden Winters, the murder that drove a wedge between him and Scott in the first place-and he'll unearth connections between the two cases better left buried in the past.