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

“Be careful getting out of that thing, Mr. Wilson, it can be slippery,” Quentin said.


“I’m holding onto the side of it,” Mr. Wilson said. He stepped out of the tub, retrieved his towel, and began to use it. “I think I’ll be able to sleep after that.”


“It always works for us,” Nate said.


“Please don’t tell your grandmother about this, Nate—she wouldn’t let me try the Jacuzzi at the spa.”


“My lips are sealed,” Quentin said.


He and Quentin said good night to Mr. Wilson, and returned to their bedroom.


QUENTIN AND NATE came downstairs together Wednesday morning, and found breakfast already laid out on the kitchen table.


“Glad to see you boys up early this morning,” Mrs. Wilson said.


“Hi, Grandma,” Nate said. “Thanks for cooking breakfast again.”


“Yeah, I could get used to this,” Quentin said.


“What will you boys be up to today?” Mr. Wilson said.


Chapter 58