Murder Junction — Susan M. Hooper

Barnaby Moss and Arnie Kotkin have been friends since their boyhood days of schoolyard squabbles and choirboy impersonations. After graduating from college, each of them realized that they were more than friends. Domestic partners for over a year now, they have struggled to get through events that would have torn many couples apart--everything from attempted murder to the real thing. Taking what should have been an enjoyable trip to Vermont in October, they find that red is not only the color of the leaves on the trees...it is also the color of blood on the ground.