The Pot Professor

R F Wilsons popular detective Rick Ryder a one-armed attorney recovereing alcoholic and all-around lovable jerk embarks on yet another mystery quest when hes asked to discover how and why a famous professor died -- and what happened to the million dollars stashed in his car. Professor Marc Revis an advocate for marijuana legalization was headed to Asheville North Carolina to address a national conference on the subject but instead hes found dead in Ryders friend Queenie Weavers barn. Reviss ex-wife his estranged son a rival professor even a local small-time small-town mobster are among the suspects Rick and Kathy -- his partner and wife -- investigate on their way to finding the truth.