Brian M. Wiprud

New York City taxidermy collector Garth Carson was seconds away from snagging the greatest find of his careerthe original Pipsqueak the Nutty Nut, stuffed-squirrel puppet star of his favorite 1950s kiddie TV showuntil a biker, a brawny redhead, and a murder derailed his dreams and stole his squirrel. Now Garth would do anything to get Pipsqueak...

Nicholas Palihnic is a natty, tweed-suited hustler who knows every nook and cranny of New Yorkand a thousand ways to break a girls heart. Beatrice Belarus is a Manhattan art dealer with an insatiable appetite for moneyand for anyone who gets in her way. And a painting titled Trampoline Nude, 1972 has neither nudity nor a trampoline. But when...

Leaping fishes. Prowling bobcats. Frosty penguins and mute moose heads...These are the things that fill Garth Carsons life as he buys, sells, and rents exotic taxidermy from his funky New York City storefront. But now Garth and his gal, Angie, have acquired the most sinister stuffed critter in the world: a certain white crow in a bell jar that...

Wiseguy Sid Sleep Bifulco doesnt 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 wont leave him alone.From a...

Garth Carson has gone legit. Complete with briefcase in hand, hes appraising taxidermy collections for one of the largest insurance companies in the country. But when prominent big-game hunters start dyingapparently slaughtered by their own taxidermyGarths shiny new career makes him the FBIs number one suspect.On the run with his gal Angie and...