Dr. Fredrika “Fred” Bimm is a mermaid, but not your typical mermaid.  She’s tall, has green hair and a cranky disposition.  She gets seasick and is allergic to fish.

Fred is a marine biologist who toils away at the New England Aquarium in Boston.  She has to deal with the fact that the aquarium fish are on a hunger strike, and clamor for the sounds of the Pet Shop Boys.

Things get worse from there.  Someone is putting toxins into Boston Harbor.  Fred investigates the situation with a Dr. Thomas Pearson, a marine biologist, and Prince Artur of the Black Sea, a royal merman.  Both Thomas and Artur think Fred is the bomb.  All Fred wants to do is solve the mystery, and go back to her normal life.

Sleeping with the Fishes is a hilarious start to a new series.  Mary Janice Davidson fills this novel with her signature style of humor, which had me in stitches for eighty percent of the book.

I love Fred, who tells it like it is and struggles to deal with situations that are either funny, or dangerous. Both Thomas and Artur are hunky heroes that any woman would find it hard to choose between.

Add to the mixture Fred’s friend, Jonas, who has a huge crush on Fred’s boss, Dr. Barb, and you have a hilarious tale that you will want to read in one sitting.

Dive into Sleeping with the Fishes, dear readers.   It will leave you laughing, and begging for the next installment in the series.