Killer Weed

Out-of-work journalist Ed Rosenberg is turning his toking into a full-time job when Silicon Valley billionaire Gene Simons suddenly hires him to research the hippie era of San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury. Ed's reporters instinct leads him to investigate the unsolved murder of Genes mother, a low-level pot dealer brutally killed in Golden Gate Park in 1968. Meanwhile, Eds wife Julie has become the media maven for mayoral candidate Dave Kirsch, a former pot dealer and the author of best-selling guides to growing weed. In front of Julies eyes, Kirsch is assassinated: suddenly Ed has another crime to unravel. Eds research into Haight-Ashburys tie-dyed past introduces him to a rogues gallery of aging hippies, who, he discovers, may have been involved in Kirschs demise. Then bullets start flying at Ed.Killer Weed is a fast-paced, ingeniously plotted novel that brings the underground worlds of old and new San Francisco vividly to life. Youll want to turn on, tune in, and drop everything to reach the surprising, deeply satisfying conclusion.