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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“Did you warn Dwight about unfriendly telepaths, babe?”


“You bet I did,” Nate said, and yawned.


“That does it,” Quentin said. “It’s time for all of us to hit the sack.”


QUENTIN AWOKE TO the smell of coffee drifting up the stairs, and looked at the bedside clock. When he saw what time it was, he nudged Nate.


“Time to get up, babe. It’s late.”


Nate rolled over and looked at Quentin. “How late?”


“Look at the clock,” Quentin said, as he got out of the bed. “I’m headed for the bathroom.”


Without waiting for Nate to reply, Quentin went to the master bathroom, and quickly went through his morning routine. He emerged several minutes later, showered, shaved, and dressed for the day.


“Wake up, Nate. You need to get up and face the day.”


“I was just waiting for you to finish in the bathroom.”


“You could have joined me in the shower, you know that,” Quentin said.


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