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

“He’s serving several consecutive life sentences in prison,” Quentin said.


“My husband and I have a nice plot in a country cemetery just outside Chattanooga, and we’d like to see our daughter buried there,” Mrs. Wilson said.


Konig was quiet for a moment or two. “You didn’t hear this from me, but if you act quickly, you can probably have her body out of this state before her husband hears about her death. Bear this in mind, though—he could fight you in court later.”


“With what?” Nate said. “He has no resources that we know of.”


“There you go,” Konig said. “And I’ve probably said too much. You folks are free to return to Jacksonville now. We have your contact information, and we’ll be in touch.”


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