With his cancer in remission after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor, retired detective Mike Garrity takes on a case on behalf of a member of his cancer support group, who asks him to help track down the son she had put up for adoption twenty years earlier, but Mike soon finds his search complicated by his clients disappearance and murder. 15,000 first printing. With his cancer in remission, retired detective Mike Garrity takes on a case on behalf of a member of his cancer support group, who asks him to help track down the son she had put up for adoption twenty years earlier. Three Months after hes undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor, retired police detective Mike Garritys cancer is in remission. Its great news, but when youve been planning to only live for a few months, you dont normally worry about savings. A return to health also means a return to the workforce, and whether he likes it or not, Mikes going to have to adjust to the role of private investigator.Hes also bounced back into a romance with a member of his cancer support group, Debbie Watson. But while Mike may be celebrating his victory over cancer, Debbies just been handed a grim prognosis. Desperate, she asks him for help with what might be her last request: tracking down the son she put up for adoption twenty years ago.Debbies son is not the only lost child Mike has been asked to trace. A high school friend of his daughter has died of an overdose. The boys father is convinced that the death was not a suicide, and though the case is officially closed, the officer in charge has his own doubts about its conclusion.Back at work and stumbling headlong into a new relationship, Mike should have a lot to look forward to. But all is not as it seems, and hes about to find out that cancer isnt the only thing trying to kill him. Three months after he’s undergone surgery to remove a brain tumor, retired police detective Mike Garrity’s cancer is in remission. It’s great news, but when you’ve been planning to only live for a few months, you don’t normally worry about savings. A return to health also means a return to the workforce, and whether he likes it or not, Mike’s going to have to adjust to the role of private investigator.Hes also bounced back into a romance with a member of his cancer support group, Debbie Watson. But while Mike may be celebrating his victory over cancer, Debbie’s just been handed a grim prognosis. Desperate, she asks him for help with what might be her last request: tracking down the son she put up for adoption twenty years ago. Debbie’s son is not the only lost child Mike has been asked to trace. A high school friend of his daughter has died of an overdose. The boy’s father is convinced that the death was not a suicide and, though the case is officially closed, the officer in charge has his own doubts about its conclusion. Back at work and stumbling headlong into a new relationship, Mike should have a lot to look forward to. But all is not as it seems, and he’s about to find out that cancer isn’t the only thing trying to kill him.
