Red Tide Blues

grief and lossNat Silk is a blind retired social worker barely making ends meet as a musician on the islands of South West Florida. Recovering from severe depression sparked by the death of his wife of forty two years, he struggles with drugs and alcohol. Helped and hindered by a small, diverse group of friends he searches for a path back to health and happiness.As a Red Tide bloom of historic proportion and duration devastates the regional economy, Nat and his daughter Queenie are drawn into the murder investigation of a common friend and clean water activist.A convoluted trail of dirty politicians, hate groups, misinformation and strife between the haves and the have nots leads to a surprising conclusion. It's not always easy to sort out the hero and the villain.