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.

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“I’m okay with that,” Quentin said. “Just let me know when and where.”


“I’ll give you a call tomorrow. Meanwhile, I think it’s time for us to go,” George said. “And thanks for making my day.”


“You can take this stuff with you, if you like,” Quentin said, and put all the documents and photos in a large manila envelope. “There’s also a CD in there—it’s got copies of the photos I showed you, along with photos of every license tag on those vehicles.”


“You’ve been busy, Q,” Carl said.


“Yeah, but I won’t get paid for it,” Quentin said.


“Maybe there’ll be a reward or two out there for information on the missing persons and vehicles,” George said.


“That sounds good to me,” Quentin said. “Renting that chopper and pilot for a couple of hours wasn’t cheap.”


Quentin showed George and Carl out of the office, set the alarm, and drove his car around to the house, where he found Nate and Dwight sitting in the living room, wineglasses in hand.


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