Stein, Stoned: A Harry Stein Soft-Boiled Murder Mystery

Author: Hal Ackerman 

Publication Date: 1 August 2010 

Publisher: Tyrus Books 

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.

Hal Ackerman has been on the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for the past twenty-four years. His book "Write Screenplays That Sell . . . The Ackerman Way," is in its third printing.