Gene Search: A Collin Carter Mystery This is the first of a series of books to be written about Collin Carter, Private Investigator. He is a sweetheart with a gun and the propensity for not getting paid. In Gene Search, Collin Carter discovers a group of geneticists willing to experiment with human life to get very rich. The services these laboratory rats offer cost the people involved more than just the millions of dollars they are willing to pay for a perfect baby. When the initial genetic experiment goes horribly wrong the Gene Search project moves out of the country. Collin takes Lily, his wife, on a vacation in paradise: A trip to the beautiful tropical island, Rarotonga. There he continues his investigation into Gene Search and his struggles to save the day