Heavenly Blues

<p>Will Glenndenning is a medical school drop-out a PhD drop-out and very nearly a drop-out from life itself. Now middle-aged he has settled into a comfortable solitary life as a science writer and amateur biotech analyst. Yet from his roots in Lost Mine Texas a fortune shouts for his urgent attention-23 million dollars for the sole purpose of continuing a single futile agenda in cancer research that was in progress in the Glenndenning basement until the death of Will's father.</p><p>The narrow focus of study-the mysterious mast cell-has no apparent role in the development of cancer so Will and his mother are lost as to how they should honor the wishes of Silas Glenndenning MD basement scientist without wasting millions of dollars.</p><p>When Will's former medical school classmate Dr. Chase Callaway commits suicide Will returns home for the funeral while also laying the groundwork for his family's foundation.</p><p>A few years later to everyone's surprise the mast cell research turns productive largely through anonymous tips received online. When Will connects one of these tips to Chase's suicide note an investigation is launched and a cold case turns hot.</p>