dry mouth

“They’d get you buzzed from a contact, and after about a half hour, maybe you’d say yes to a few tokes, then a few more . . . and once dry mouth set in, rum would seem like a natural solution . . . and while laughing and playing cards, who’s thinking about consumption and quantities of get-high?”

Simon & Schuster: Surrender the Dark

“Glib, silver-tongued Dexter, with a dry mouth and nothing to say.”

Darkly Dreaming Dexter