{"product_id":"body-in-a-barrel-aaron-mead-9798999220608","title":"Body in a Barrel: A Las Vegas Mafia Crime Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA body in a barrel just appeared on the shore of Lake Mead, and Lenny Battaglia is worried. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLenny 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cross between Martin Scorsese's \u003cem\u003eCasino\u003c\/em\u003e and Fyodor Dostoevsky's \u003cem\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBody in a Barrel\u003c\/em\u003e is a suspenseful, gritty, noir novella about organized crime, violence, murder, fear, guilt, grace, and unlikely friendship in Sin City, inspired by true events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Mead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999220608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Press Together\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Aaron Mead","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440666489087,"sku":"9798999220608","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f72709c-0489-4efc-86d2-43995e09793e.jpg?v=1777183991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/body-in-a-barrel-aaron-mead-9798999220608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}