Enemy From The Past (Unseen Enemy 4)
So maybe Jim lived in a tiny place because he was a single guy, and he saw no point in wasting money on a larger apartment.
Anyway, from the looks of it, the man spent every penny he had on books. They were jammed onto a couple of cheap bookshelves, and piled high on every available surface. God, he even had books on his kitchen counters and neatly lined up under his bedroom window. She peeked at a few of the titles, and was amused to see the range of topics: mystery, action, contemporary literature, some horror. She even spotted a few military romance books, and she grinned at that.
Maybe he’s reliving his days as a Ranger, reading about bad-ass military heroes saving damsels-in-distress in