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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Father Cullen talked to Nate and the Wilsons for quite a while, and was still going strong when his wife tapped him on the shoulder and said, “John, we need to be going.”


He looked at his watch. “You’re right, dear. We have more calls to make and need to move on.”


“That’s not a problem, John,” Quentin said. “We appreciate your fitting us into this evening’s schedule.”


“We certainly do,” Mrs. Wilson said. “You’ve given us a great deal to think about.”


Quentin walked to the door with the Cullens, thanked them again, and stood watching as they got into their car and drove away. As he closed the front door, he heard Mrs. Wilson say, “What a nice young man.”


“Yes, he is,” Nate said. “We like him a lot. If you’re still here Sunday morning, you can come to church with us.”


“I don’t think we’ll be here quite that long, but thank you for asking,” Mrs. Wilson said.


“You’re welcome to stay as long as you like, Grandma,” Nate said.


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