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 used to snooping, George, especially when I do divorce work. If I’m going to find out what Susie Jones’ husband is up to, I have to follow him around and take pictures. Anyhow, getting back to the case. The tracking information showed the van was still out at the beach, but we kept watch; and one night, we followed the Civic up I-95 into Georgia, then back to the Florida Welcome Station. The same thing happened that we’d seen happen in Columbia County. I followed the men inside the men’s room, and while I did that, Nate managed to stick a tracking device on the Civic. I also managed to free one of their victims by showing my gun. Same scenario as the one on I-75. And no, I didn’t call the authorities. I don’t know anybody in Nassau County, and what would I have told them?


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