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

{That fucking cunt. Screwing my brother, and after all I’ve done for her. I’d be justified if I killed both of them.}


Quentin shielded himself tightly and said, “Those two photographs—along with my testimony, if it comes to that—give you the moral high ground. As long as you don’t do anything stupid.”


“Stupid, as in getting physical with either one of them,” Quentin said. “I’ve worked enough divorce cases to know how it goes down. You’ve got them cold, but if you hurt either of them, you’ll wind up getting screwed in the end.”


The client paused for a long moment. “Yeah, I suppose you’re right; but damn, I’d like some satisfaction in this.”


“You’re holding all the cards right now,” Quentin said. “Play those cards right, and you’ll come out of this smelling like a rose. After all, you’re the injured party here.”


Chapter 42