Free (nook/Kindle) Stein, Stoned by Hal Ackerman [Slacker Sleuth Murder Mystery]

[ATDrake]

Stein, Stoned, "A Harry Stein Soft-Boiled Mystery" by Hal Ackerman is a comedic-looking mystery novel about an ex-counter-culture-gone-straight PI roped into investigating some medical marijuana gone astray. Not that you'd know it from the officially provided description, and I got the actual plot of this from the Booklist review. This is free courtesy of Adams Media, from whom otherwise I'd have suspected it of being one of their DIY how-to books.

Currently free @ B&N and Amazon (available to Canadians).

Description (no seriously, this is all the blurb says over at both Amazon & B&N)
In the sixties, Harry Stein was the foremost authority on cannabis; writing the book on indoor cultivation, inventing thirteen different hybrids, and planting “Victory Gardens” across America behind police precincts, legislature courtyards, and legendarily in the rose garden of the Nixon White House.

Incidentally, the perfect accompaniment to this is the KDP-temporarily-freebied The Stoner's Cookbook, which is just what it says in the title and a badly-formatted comedy goldmine of lulz, which concludes with a recipe for a cake meant to be baked in a cat litter box. Admittedly, a newly-bought clean unused one, but you certainly don't have to wonder what WTF the contributors have been smoking, because you know.

[koland]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Incidentally, the perfect accompaniment to this is the KDP-temporarily-freebied The Stoner's Cookbook, which is just what it says in the title and a badly-formatted comedy goldmine of lulz, which concludes with a recipe for a cake meant to be baked in a cat litter box. Admittedly, a newly-bought clean unused one, but you certainly don't have to wonder what WTF the contributors have been smoking, because you know.

Ha! Got it this time.


Must have litter box cake ..... (uh, why?)

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by koland

Must have litter box cake ..... (uh, why?)

I think it's the sort of thing that makes much more "sense" if you've gone and sampled all the other THC-laden recipes in the book first in order to prepare you for the grand finale.

[koland]

That very well could be.

Found a better description on the first one:

A soft-boiled detective story where The Big Lebowski meets Fletch.

In the sixties, Harry Stein was the foremost authority on cannabis, writing a book on indoor cultivation and inventing thirteen different hybrids. Nowadays, he stays straight to keep joint custody of his daughter. But when a crop of "orchids" goes missing, Stein must re-enter the haze he thought he'd left behind.