The Case of the Organic Chemist

The Case of the Organic Chemist is the second thriller in the medical mystery fiction series concerning Dr. MacArthur Donne, a medical doctor/detective, and his flirtatious sidekick, Jack Robbie. The boys start with a canoe trip down the Colorado River, below the low water bridge in Austin, Texas. Love 'em and leave 'em, Jack, who previously had dispatched a string of unfulfilled hospital ward clerk secretaries, becomes mesmerized by Anna, whom he meets on the river trip. MacArthur, still suffering from the loneliness of the death of his wife, Jenny, contacts Rosamonde, the English girl from And If Thine Eye Offend Thee, starting a romantic adventure, in Austin, Texas. Jack and MacArthur are called to investigate the death of a PhD chemist at the University of Chicago who had a romantic affair with a co-worker and died mysteriously. What caused Louise Hoelscher's sudden illness and how did she contact it? The police couldn't figure it out and neither could the Mayo Clinic. A medical mystery ensues so that after her death, her husband, needing to know what really happened, contacts Dr. Donne. A medical thriller written with significant suspense in the style of great literature and reminiscent of the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, The Case of the Organic Chemist is fiction par excellence.