A Forest of Corpses — P.A. Brown

Like Rick R. Reed, I sometimes like to explore the darker side of relationships between men. In Geography of Murder, Homicide detective Alexander Spider might not see dead people, but he cares deeply about giving them justice. He isn't afraid of anything or anyone. Drug-dealing gangs, execution-style murders, and drive-by shootings on the streets of sunny Santa Barbara only make him more determined to find peace for the dead. But the idea of a week of hiking and camping in the beautiful mountains of the Los Padres National Forest is enough to make him cringe. There is only one person in the world who can make Spider consider such an outlandish idea--Jason.

Jason Zachary is building a new life--he's clean and in college in Santa Barbara, reconnecting with his family, and living with the man whose passion and control he craves. But the shadows of the past still haunt Alex, plaguing him with doubts, and Jason misses the man he fell in love with. Maybe a vacation is just what they need to explore the dynamics of their relationship and find themselves again.

But when their sexy wilderness adventure becomes a harrowing nightmare, Jason and Alex find themselves in a life-and-death struggle. Hunted by vicious killers and forced to separate to save each other, they must face their fears and discover their strengths if they are to survive. 

And in this deadly race, one of them is running out of time....