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

“Sure,” Nate said. “What’s up?”


“I need to get to work on at least one of the two divorce cases I’ve taken on.”


“I’ll drop you off at the house, and you’re on your own,” Nate said.


“Want to meet somewhere for lunch?” Quentin said.


“Sure,” Nate said, and drove them back to the house, where he dropped Quentin off.


Quentin watched Nate and Dwight drive off, then went to his office to review the notes he’d made. He remembered Mrs. Richards telling him that she and her husband spent most of their Saturdays at the TPC course out at Sawgrass. So, he looked at his notes on the other case, and decided to see what the other client’s wife was up to. He took the pictures the client had given him, went to his car, and headed out.


Chapter 32