It’s the summer of 1976, and life has not been kind to Tom and Alice. They’ve been trying for years to have a family, two attempts ending in a miscarriage and another in a baby that died at birth. They need a break.

Together, they climb into their new RV and cross the border from their home in Seattle, hoping to find a little peace in a relaxing trip through rural Canada. But in “The Hitchhikers,” the eight novel by Chevy Stevens, the trip becomes a nightmare.

Along the way, they pick up two teenage hitchhikers who introduce themselves as Blue and his pregnant girlfriend Ocean. They get along well until Alice pops into a rest stop and sees their photographs in the newspaper. It turns out that their names are Simon and Jenny, and they are being hunted for the brutal murders of Jenny’s par

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