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

“Like we told Mrs. Taylor, no clue. Andy just said they were some guys he met at the place he works. Customers. They’d been in a couple of times and the second time they told him about a party up in the mountains.”


“Did he suggest you and Vick come with him?”


“Naw. He did his thing, we do ours. Besides, I work weekends, so for me it was a no-go.”


The door to the apartment opened and a young man Mike introduced as Vick came into the room. Mike told him who Quinn and Brent were.


“Private eyes?” Vick grinned. “Just like on TV.”


Brent chuckled. “So Mike pointed out. Trust me, our lives are nothing the guys in those shows.”


Vick nodded, hanging his jacket on a hook by the front door. “So, you’re looking for Andy. Best bet, he ran into someone at the party he was going to who had some primo weed, got high, and is still sleeping it off.”


“After five days?” Quinn asked in disbelief.


“Yeah, good point. Maybe there was some guy who caught his fancy and…you do know he’s gay?”


Chapter 4