{"product_id":"drink-the-tea-a-mystery-hardcover","title":"Drink the Tea: A Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning motion picture director and cameraman. He has twice won the Gordon Parks Award for Cinematography, and an Emmy for his documentary about deaf children, \u003ci\u003eSee What I'm Saying\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDrink the Tea, \u003c\/i\u003ea winner of the PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competion, is his first novel. He lives with his wife and two children in Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thriller Awards (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134451421319,"sku":"9780312607302","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/160959f24940b3f9b6fa9f873fe4ddc9.webp?v=1732641936","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/drink-the-tea-a-mystery-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}