Garth Cason is back in this latest book from the amazing Brian Wiprud. While a great mystery tale, it’s also a very humorous read, which is a hard combination to get right.

TAILED see Garth working for an insurance company appraising taxidermy collections. While is taxidermy rental business is still operational it is now being run by the lovable Russian immigrant Otto. Garth is in Chicago to look at a collection at an ex football player’s home, and while he does get to see lots of stuffed animals, what he finds is a body. The dead client puts Garth in the middle of an investigation being run by the FBI and with his bosses prompting Garth is on hand to assist. It seems someone is targeting the owners of some mighty expensive taxidermy collections and killing them with pieces of the collection. Of course nothing is easy for Garth, and he soon finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of a case that puts him on the run, has him meeting his mother at a nudist colony and watching Mexican wrestling. But Garth also reestablishes a firm relationship with his brother and with their bizarre upbringing.

Fast paced and completely absorbing this was a book I read in one sitting. Wiprud entertains, thrills, and satisfies like very few writers can. I think Brian Wiprud is a great new talent and TAILED is his best yet.

Jon Jordan