{"product_id":"drink-the-tea-thomas-kaufman-9780312607302","title":"Drink the Tea: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Kaufman is a winner of the PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competition. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eDrink the Tea\u003c\/i\u003e, which boasts an original PI and an engaging cast of characters, adds a fresh perspective to the genre.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWillis Gidney is a born liar and rip-off artist, an expert at the scam. Growing up without parents or a home, by age twelve he is a successful young man, running his own small empire, until he meets Shadrack Davies. That's \u003ci\u003eCaptain\u003c\/i\u003e Shadrack Davies, of the D.C. Police. Davies wants to reform Gidney and becomes his foster father. Though he tries not to, Gidney learns a small amount of ethics from Shad---just enough to bother a kid from the streets for the rest of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Gidney is a PI, walking those same streets. So it's no surprise that when his closest friend, jazz saxophonist Steps Jackson, asks Gidney to find his missing daughter, Gidney is compelled to say yes---even though she's been missing for twenty-five years. He finds a woman who may be the girl's mother--and within hours she turns up dead. The police accuse Gidney of the murder and throw him in jail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaybe Gidney should quit while he's behind. But when his investigation puts him up against a ruthless multinational corporation, a two-faced congressman, and a young woman desperate to conceal her past, Gidney has no time left for second thoughts. In fact, he may have no time left at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031260730X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312607302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Thriller Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2009 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2010 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 32","brand":"Thomas Kaufman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913668460799,"sku":"9780312607302","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0886805a-7164-42b3-acb0-3c9d8a7c302d.jpg?v=1680621637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drink-the-tea-thomas-kaufman-9780312607302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}