Genre: Novella/Crime Fiction
Description:
“A body in a barrel just appeared on the shore of Lake Mead, and Lenny
Battaglia is worried.
Forty years ago, when Lenny was a henchman in the Las Vegas mafia, his
partner, Frank, whacked the victim, and Lenny helped dump the body. But there’s
another victim in another barrel somewhere in the lake, and it’s got Lenny’s
name on it. For now, that barrel’s underwater, but the drought-ravaged lake
keeps dropping, and Frank is talking to the cops.
Lenny tows his fishing boat to the lake to haul his barrel farther
from shore, but his boat’s too small, the barrel’s too heavy, and he’s too old.
Lenny needs a new plan. Can he cover the horror of his crooked past before it
catches up to him in the present?”
Author:
“Aaron Mead is the author of Body in a Barrel, a Las Vegas
mafia crime novella. His other work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times
and has been covered by NPR. In his Substack publication, sub·plot, he posts
serial fiction and short essays on faith, philosophy, books, and the writing
life.”
Appraisal:
This was a quick, fun, and intense read. How things are going to work
out for the main character Lenny weren’t obvious at any point right up to the
very end. (How I wanted it to end was up in the air too.) The story, while well
out of my life experience, felt real. At the end we find out that while not a
true story, it is based on a few real life people and events which I think
helped keep it feeling real.
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FYI:
Has some adult language.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues
Rating: **** Four Stars
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