{"product_id":"9783957037763","title":"Just Add Water","description":"Bumbling Small-Town Southern Lawyer Hamish O'Halloran, Whose Ship Has Long Since Sailed, Muddles His Way Through One Close Call After Another To Solve A Big Time Drug Crime.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Tanis knows...every last molecule of a court room...vintage small town hijinks at its best.\"-Joseph Bathanti, Poet Laureate of NC, Prof of English, Appalachian State Univ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cozy village of Pine Ridge, North Carolina is beset by an epidemic of the dangerous new drug Murti-Bing which renders its users automatons. After being ostracized from Federal Court for twenty years, Hamish O'Halloran, a sad sack lawyer, is appointed to represent a \"notorious drug dealer.\" Thus begins his sordid involvement in a conspiracy involving numerous oddball characters. An inept investigator, he finds himself in dire straits, as his suspicions bounce from one potential conspirator to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"... brings vividly to life the small North Carolina town and the characters...\"-Joseph L.S. Terrell, author of Not Our Kind of Killing, and other Harrison Weaver mysteries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"...completely unpredictable ending...compelling, and fun read...\"-Henry (\"Hank\") P. Van Hoy, II, Martin \u0026amp; Van Hoy, LLP, Attorneys at Law, Mocksville, NC. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...characters right out of a gritty small town Southern court room...a fun read...\"-Tom Keith, Forsyth County N.C. District Attorney, Retired.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David R. Tanis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175030833392,"sku":"9783957037763","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783957037763_p0.jpg?v=1763709444","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783957037763","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}