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.
Wiseguy Sid βSleepβ Bifulco doesnβt need no stinkinβ
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 wonβt 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 β 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 isnβt so simple
after all....
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