Pipsqueak

Zusatztext “The Nick and Nora of taxidermy meet the Maltese Falcon...er...Squirrel in another crazy! funny mystery from Brian M. Wiprud.” —Sparkle Hayter “The flat-out coolest mystery I’ve read in years! not to mention the funniest. Brian Wiprud is either a genius or a lunatic. Or maybe both.” —Steve Hamilton Informationen zum Autor BRIAN M. WIPRUD Age : Still chews bubble gum Physical Description : Sinister & Dangerous Profession : Mystery Author, Outdoor Writer Latest Accomplishments : *2002 Lefty Award for Most Humorous Novel *2002 Barry Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original. Latest Novel Read :Royal Flash, John MacDonald Frazer Latest Movie Liked :A Mighty Wind Hobby : Exotic travel and fly fishing Favorite Lines : "There was a demon that lived in the thin air; they said anyone who challenged him would die. Their controls would seize up, their planes would buffet wildly, and they would disintegrate. The demon lived at Mach 1 on the meter." Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff . Favorite Scotch : Bourbon Brian M. Wiprud is regularly published in magazines, periodicals and fly fishing magazines. He lives in New York City, where he is currently at work on a sequel to Pipsqueak. His website, www.wiprud.com, contains a full bio, interviews, events and signings.? Klappentext New York City taxidermy collector Garth Carson was seconds away from snagging the greatest find of his career—the original Pipsqueak the Nutty Nut! stuffed-squirrel puppet star of his favorite 1950s kiddie TV show—until a biker! a brawny redhead! and a murder derailed his dreams and stole his squirrel. Now Garth would do anything to get Pipsqueak back. Unfortunately! so would someone else. When Garth and his gal! Angie! two of New York's most unlikely sleuths! enter a wacky! rollicking underworld of club-goers! jive cult members! and at least one very violent Pipsqueak aficionado! Garth's black-sheep crime-prone brother joins the fray! sure that there's more to this squirrel than old fur and a pair of glass eyes. Suddenly Garth is starting to get a clue: The puppet star of one old-time TV show is leading him straight into the heart of a loopy cult! a retro rage! and a diabolical conspiracy to first control Pipsqueak—then the world. Chapter 1 It didn't matter that I was cruising the higher, supposedly cooler elevations of northern New Jersey. August's ambient blast furnace was running full-throttle and not doing the car's upholstery any good. If hyperbole serves me correctly, the black Naugahyde seats were hovering about two degrees below magma. I drive a '66 Lincoln convertible and depend on the kind of old-fashioned kinetic air-conditioning that went out of style with two-stick Popsicles. Though, admittedly, with all the windows open, the airflow is about the same as when the top is down. So my practical side was thinking of pulling over and putting the top up, while my aesthetic side was thinking otherwise. Canvas up, you just don't have that invigorating hemispherical perspective vital to the convertible driving experience. When you drive with the top down, tin-top motorists are Mr. Magoo to your James Bond. Cresting a hill, I saw a checkerboard valley of farmland and shopping centers spread out below, New York City's carbon monoxide smudge beckoning on the horizon. Factoring in the tunnel traffic, I estimated home and the embrace of my gal, Angie, were about two hours away. I'm one of those people who has a hard time making up his mind about where to pull over for gas, food, or even just to turn around. "That would have been a good place. And that too." What can I say? I don't like pulling into strangers' driveways or did-dinging a gas-station bell for naught. Odd but true, I even had a hard time making up my mind about pulling into the pa...

Product details

• Authors: Brian M Wiprud
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.06.2004
• EAN: 9780440241874
• ISBN: 978-0-440-24187-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 175 mm x 22 mm