Edward Kendrick

When married private investigators Brent and Quinn Collins are hired to find Andrew, a young man who has disappeared after heading to Idaho Springs, little do they know they will become embroiled in murder. Two other young men have gone missing under similar circumstances and their bodies found buried in the mountains outside of Denver.<br><br>The Collins’ investigations soon bring to light another similarity between the murdered men: they were all slender, effeminate, and gay. After Andrew's body is discovered, Brent and Quinn think they may know who is responsible for the hitchhiker killings.<br><br>But when Quinn goes undercover, he finds himself in much deeper waters than he expected. All they have to do is prove it ... without ending up dead themselves.

The Hitchhiker Murders

“You know this is a democracy. You can always say no,” Quinn said, giving him a fast kiss.


“I never say no to you,” Brent responded. “Well, almost never, after the first couple of weeks.”


The two men had met when they’d been students at UCD, working on their bachelor degrees in criminal justice. Brent was a year ahead of Quinn and had taken the younger man under his wing—and into his bed two weeks later when they discovered there was an undeniable attraction between them.


Right after graduation, Brent had applied for and received his private investigator’s license—as had Quinn a year later. They moved in together and set up their business. At first it had been called Collins and Brannon Investigations.


Then, late one evening after celebrating the successful conclusion of their first truly difficult case, Brent had gotten down on one knee and asked Quinn to marry him. Quinn gleefully accepted


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