At 33, Colin is still a virgin. He's never questioned his sexuality, but when Alek arrives on Colin's doorstep, he's unexpectedly heartstruck by the young man's beauty.Colin has done a crazy thing. He's burned down his house and built a duplex, a house divided into two apartments. His reason for doing this is simple. He wants to spy on his tenant, the young girl he imagines renting the place to, but the arrival of Alek puts an unexpected twist on this plan.Is Colin gay? As he watches Alek through the two-way mirrors he's installed in the bedroom and bathroom, he begins to wonder. In fact, he thinks he might just be falling in love with Alek Antonov, and with this tangled love comes a spiral toward madness, toward murder.