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

“Getting ready for tomorrow?” Quentin said.


“Just checking a couple of points I want to emphasize in class tomorrow.”


“Your grandparents are lying down.”


“They’re probably going to be out of it for at least an hour.”


“Doesn’t that give you any ideas?” Quentin said.


“Well… now that you mention it—”


Nate closed the textbook, rose from the desk, and followed Quentin upstairs to the master suite, where they had a long and mutually satisfying session in their bed. Later, they were showered, changed, and sitting in the living room when Nate’s grandparents emerged from the hallway leading to the guest room.


“Hi, Grandma,” Nate said. “Feeling better?”


“Let’s just say that I feel rested, and leave it at that,” Mrs. Wilson said.


“At our ages, an afternoon nap works wonders,” Mr. Wilson said.


“You slept a long time,” Nate said. “Won’t that keep you from going to sleep tonight?”


Chapter 48