Johanna wants him to satisfy her selfish need for family and children, and shows herself to be cold and calculating, the perfect wannabe New York fashionista. To her, life is a fantasy and she dreams of being like “Mr and Mrs Perfect” Layworths across the courtyard. The risks are enormous Marzoli’s life, job, and their budding relationship all hinge on what happens Next.Įvents during his turbulent childhood have shaped the man he is today, from the death of his father, to his grandfather’s meticulously planned summer firearms “education,” he and his brother Paul were merely pawns used to further their mother and grandfather’s agendas, the effects of which have haunted them into adulthood. His ex-girlfriend, Johanna, only sees what is on the surface, not what is inside. But confident, cocksure Marzoli has horrifying demons of his own, which threaten their off-the-books investigation. He and Detective Marzoli team up to discover the truth, even if it means using Marzoli as bait. Layworth’s unexpected arrival home and subsequently, Ruben goes missing. Perfect” Layworth in the apartment across the courtyard, and new neighbor Ruben, his decades old denial of his desire for men begins to break down.

When he witnesses a hot sexual encounter between closeted “Mr. Trapped in his apartment, he has time to scrutinize the neighboring units, where the veneer of normality is thin and, in some cases, completely worn away. The arrival of gorgeous, confident police detective Marzoli at his doorstep for questioning sends his over-active imagination into overdrive and he begins to take the casual observation of those in the units around him to a whole new level. When Nathan’s body turns up in the Hudson river, the disappearance becomes murder. He is a man waiting for, looking for, yearning for, the Next.Ī failed New York City songwriter, he does not think twice when new neighbor, Ruben, moves into the apartment above him, replacing former neighbor, Nathan. Trapped in a stalemate of his own making, he lives his life watching others through the window. His brother killed himself, his girlfriend left him, and his agoraphobia imprisons him in his New York City apartment.

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