The Wise Ass

Name: The Wise Ass
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tom McCaffrey
ISBN: 9781666150001

Author: Tom McCaffrey

Series: Claire Saga #1

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/24/2021

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Humorous Fiction, Humorous

Synopsis

"Witty, gritty, and full of heart."—Nick Atlas, author of The Light Travelers

After his brothers are murdered, a New York mob lawyer testifies against his associates and is forced to enter WITSEC (the Witness Protection Program). He and his wife are relocated to a rural area outside a small town in Colorado where he is compelled to adapt to his new life under the constant threat of mafia reprisal. Reflexively resisting his immersion into all things country, this life long city boy meets and adopts a loquacious mule and befriends his closest neighbors, who have even greater secrets to conceal.

A renegade US Marshall, a lesbian couple that includes a powerful psychic-medium-witch and an ex-army ranger complete his new circle of friends. When the mob associates are released due to the lawyer's intentionally prejudicial testimony at trial, they come gunning for him before the retrial can occur.

When Wise Guys meet the Wise Ass and friends, all hell breaks loose.

About Tom McCaffrey

Tom McCaffrey is a born-and-bred New Yorker who, after a long career working as a successful entertainment attorney in Manhattan, relocated with his wife to a small town in Northern Colorado to follow a road less travelled and return to his first passion, writing. Despite the local rumors started by Claire the mule, he denies being in the Witness Protection Program.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ricky on May 22, 2021

The paranormal side of the witness protection program. A talking mule. Displaced New Yorkers. What else do you need? Open this book in the morning and start reading. You'll miss lunch and dinner, but you won't care. Can't wait for the sequel.......more

Goodreads review by Christy on February 22, 2021

What a fun book! I don’t want to give anything away, but I’ll just say a lawyer’s life is flipped upside down and he ends where no in expected he would, least of all, him. A completely implausible storyline makes absolute sense because of the wonderful writing style. A fun read that I highly recomme......more

Goodreads review by Marlyn Barrett on May 12, 2022

great read Very entertaining, with great characters, excellent plot and storyline. Lots of surprises, twists and turns. Very enjoyable and I could not put it down.......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on January 24, 2023

Berthoud fan It was so fun to read a book about our beloved Berthoud town. My only criticism is the book lost me for a bit as it transitioned from one type of book to another. I suggest when this move happens you check your logical lawyer brain at the door. True to the title it was about a wise ass........more

Goodreads review by Wayne R. Kurth on June 21, 2021

Enjoyed this relatively light-hearted fantasy after having finished a dark novel. However, a couple of notes to the author: a male elk is a bull, not a buck, which is a deer; a male mule is a John, not a Jack, which is a donkey; a female mule is a Molly; one holds a handgun by the grip, not the "han......more