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Sleep with the Fishes

Sleep with the Fishes, October 2006
(revised edition of April 2001 hardcover)
by Brian M. Wiprud

Dell
Featuring: Sid “Sleep” Bifulco
256 pages
ISBN: 0440243130
EAN: 9780440243137
Paperback
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"Wild and crazy fish tale with zany characters and plot."

Fresh Fiction Review

Sleep with the Fishes
Brian M. Wiprud

Reviewed by Jory Reedy
Posted September 18, 2006

Mystery Private Eye

Sid Bifulco, aka "Sleep," has just been released from prison and wishes to leave his past behind him and focus on his newly discovered passion for fly-fishing. Little does he know that the criminal element will be so close to him in this sleepy community in the middle of nowhere. When a hit man shows up to take care of a "job," a few wacky citizens accidentally take care of him. And for reasons unknown, they have a video recorder running at the time of the "accident." Sid is an expert at getting rid of bodies, but when the videotape of the crime comes up missing, he's at a loss for what to do. Looking for the tape gets in the way of finding the great fishing spots. And somehow, an overzealous and greedy trooper gets his hands on the incriminating tape. What's an ex-mobster to do? Brian M. Wiprud's SLEEP WITH THE FISHES is a wild and crazy fish tale. This story is filled with the same type of fun and zany characters that I love in his other books, such as PIPSQUEAK, STUFFED and CROOKED. I can't wait to see what Wiprud comes up with next.

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SUMMARY

Wiseguy Sid “Sleep” Bifulco doesn’t need no stinkin’ witness protection program. The mobster-turned-snitch, who always put his victims gently to sleep before whacking them, did his prison time and now has a new rural hideaway and a new avocation: trout fishing in a scenic river valley. Except that a bunch of local yokels won’t leave him alone. From a sexy trout dealer in crimson hiking boots to a cop married to a pregnant porn star, everybody in this little town has an angle, a grudge or a crush on somebody. And Sid needs to figure out these yahoos fast — because with a vicious Mafia killer on his trail, a warden on his doorstep, and a highly incriminating videotape making the rounds, it turns out that the simple life isn’t so simple after all....


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