Telepathic private investigator Quentin Q. Quasar and his partner Nate Braddock are back. They accidentally stumble on a series of kidnapping/murders, and begin to investigate. Eventually, the kidnappers snatch a young man from an Interstate rest area, and Quentin and Nate hear his telepathic cry for help. Armed with that information, they contact their friend George Martin at the sheriff’s office, and manage to catch the kidnappers before they’ve killed the victim. The intended victim was on his way to Orlando to join his boyfriend -- also a telepath -- who’d recently moved there to take a job.<br><br>Meanwhile, Nate’s grandparents fly into Jacksonville from Chattanooga, so Quentin and Nate can drive them to a hospital in Ocala. Nate’s mother has been in a state prison for women located near Ocala, and has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. At the end of a series of hospital visits they encounter and capture the leader of the cult that Nate’s mother and stepfather belonged to. The cult leader and his wife, both of whom had jumped bail before their trials, had just administered poison to Nate’s mother, to keep her from making any sort of deathbed confession about the cult and its activities.

Sleuth LLC: Bring Out Your Dead

“Looking for anything in particular?” the pilot said. “I mean, how low do we need to fly?”


“Can we do a quick flyover of the area first?” Quentin said. “What we see then will tell us how low we need to go.”


“My time’s your time,” the pilot said. “Let’s get on board, and get you gentlemen strapped in.”


In what seemed like no time, Quentin and Nate were strapped into their seats and wearing headphones, so they could communicate with the pilot. Quentin was in the left seat, next to the pilot, and Nate was on the right-hand side of the chopper immediately behind the pilot.


{This is going to be a noisy flight, Nate, but I don’t think the noise will interfere with our special brand of communication.}


{When we get to the spot, I want to go into rapport and see if we can pick up anything.}


{Great. For now, relax, and enjoy the experience.}


The pilot said something to the control tower, and a minute later, they were airborne.


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