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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Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of four people, two of whom were the policemen, who’d answered the call from the hospital. Of the other two, the man was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt with captain’s bars pinned on the collar, and the woman, an attractive blonde, was dressed in a charcoal suit over a crisply starched white shirt.


“I’m Captain Marshall,” the man said, “and this young lady is Adele Konig. She’s an assistant State Attorney. I believe you’re already acquainted with the two officers, so why don’t we start by having everyone in the room introduce themselves?”


They did so, and the prosecutor said, “Who wants to tell us what’s going on here?”


“Nate, honey, I think that’s your cue,” Mrs. Wilson said.


“I know, Grandma, but this is the last time I’m going to tell the story today.”


“Do you mind if we record your statements?” Konig said.


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