"Demented and fun! This book is a hoot!"
Harlan Coben, author of Gone for Good, Tell No One and the Myron Bolitar series.

Tuning forks, thugs in plaid cummerbunds, digital TV, a dead 
biker, a stuffed loon and an old cartoon show? What's all this got to do with a ratty old squirrel puppet? That's the PIPSQUEAK story, featuring Garth Carson, a New York City taxidermy collector, and his gal Angie. After a murderous melee in an obscure antique store, the puppet goes missing and they find themselves entangled in a deadly swing band conspiracy and Soviet-era secrets.

"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, Edgar Award-winning author of North of Nowhere and the Alex McKnight series.

"Splendidly kooky with sharp dressing, sharp-witted characters woven into a wicked conspiracy theory."
Chris Niles, author of Hell's Kitchen.

"The Nick and Nora of Taxidermy meet the Maltese Falcon...er...Squirrel 
in another crazy , funny mystery from Brian M. Wiprud."
Sparkle Hayter, author of The Last Manly Man.

"'Zany', 'madcap', and 'romp' must have been invented specifically for Wiprud's smart and funny 'Pipsqueak.' A lunatic, super-fast mystery."
Lauren Henderson, tarty author of Chained and Pretty Boy in the Sam Jones series.

Publishers Weekly August 26, 2003 writes: 
“New York taxidermy collector Garth Carson has just set a covetous eye on Pipsqueak the Nutty Nut, a star of an old kiddies' cartoon show, mounted in a glass case in a north Jersey antiques shop, when a gun battle between a biker and the shop's apparent owner has him ducking for cover in PIPSQUEAK, Brian M. Wiprud’s uproarious second mystery after last year’s Sleep with the Fishes. Supported by blurbs from Harlan Coben, Steve Hamilton, Sparkle Hayter and other established pros, this is the wildest mystery to come down the pike in a stuffed squirrels age.” 

”By the time I finally finished reading Pipsqueak, my face hurt from the constant grinning. ”  reviewingtheevidence.com, Michael S. Grollman, July 2002  “Imagine, if you will, Dashiell Hammett’s "The Maltese Falcon" - with the protagonist in search of a missing icon that people are willing to kill for - as conceived by Robin Williams…It’s not often that I can say that I’ve read a detective novel that caused me to laugh out loud, but PIPSQUEAK did just that.  And not just once, but often and loudly.  It isn’t easy or even fair to try and categorize a novel such as this.  It joyously defies pigeonholing.  But, as a reviewer, I am almost compelled to.  So I guess I would have to say that PIPSQUEAK has a feel and pacing that is reminiscent of some of Donald Westlake’s more inventive and humorous mysteries, but with a comic sensibility all its own.
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”This author ROCKS!” Huntress Book Reviews, Detra Fitch, June 2002: “I have found another sick author that has the unusual talent of a warped imagination! His name is Brian M. Wiprud! This novel is as wacky as his last, SLEEP WITH THE FISHES. A mystery filled with scenes of Murphy's Law: If Things Can Go Wrong, They Will. Fun, hilarious, and warped… Recommended to all who want a few laughs with their mystery!”
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  "First get past the cover. Then the title. Now I dare you to get past the funniest book this year.”  Debbie Neckel, BookCrazy Radio July 2002.  “A dead squirrel, a taxidermist and a crazy mystery that keeps you turning the pages and laughing out loud."

  ”Fast-paced, humorous and highly entertaining mystery novel” Bookbrowser.com, Phillip Tomasso III, June 2002:  “Brian M. Wiprud's writing is parallel to that of Carl Hiaasen or Gregory McDonald.  Quirky and unique, this cleverly plotted story is both engaging and memorable.  PIPSQUEAK is the story of a marvelously ingenious conspiracy theory and a dangerously action-packed page-turner.  Full of whit, real-life dialogue and a new perspective on dangerous cults … Brian M. Wiprud knows how to churn out a novel that any mystery reader will undoubtedly enjoy!
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“Helluva lot of fun…” 4 Mystery Addicts Maddy Van Hertbruggen August 2002  “I’m rather alarmed to admit that the book made sense to me since this makes me wonder if possibly I’m as demented as the author.  Wiprud has a tremendously vivid imagination and has created a book that is well written, fast paced and very enjoyable.  And just a tad quirky.”
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 “No Pipsqueak - This is a muscular adventure!” Mystery Ink, David Montgomery, Editor & Publisher, August 2002:  The latest adventure from the world's most unusual hyphenate, Brian M. Wiprud (taxidermist-sewer detective), is here! Fans of his last book, Sleep with the Fishes, won't be disappointed, as PIPSQUEAK contains even more of the same madcap hilarity that we've come to expect from this author. The real meat of the book is the quirky characters and their interplay, along with the protagonist's wry observations on life. That is what makes Pipsqueak so much fun to read. It's hard to imagine anyone whose work Wiprud's is similar to. His twisted sense of humor and fascination for odd minutiae are fairly unique. Admirers of Donald Westlake and Elmore Leonard, especially, though, will find much here to enjoy. Wiprud is definitely a writer to watch.
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