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

“I’ll stay in the house, in case Grandma needs anything,” Nate said.


“Okay,” Quentin said. “Come with me, Mr. Wilson.”


{I think your grandfather wants something, babe,}Quentin sent. {Why don’t you tune in—it’ll save me from having to give you a blow by blow account.}


They slipped into a light rapport as Quentin led Nate’s grandfather out of the house through the back porch, and into the backyard. It was a short walk across the yard to a gate in the fence, and across the adjacent yard to the office. He unlocked the door, disabled the alarm, and held the door open.


“There’s not a lot to see, but this is it,” Quentin said.


Mr. Wilson followed him into the building. “I believe you said this was once a residence?”


“Yes, Sir. In fact, I lived in it until I purchased the house, and for some time afterward while I was adding the second story over the garage. Then I moved into the addition while I did the rest of the remodeling.”


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