Pyne, Daniel. Fifty Mice. Blue Rider. Jan. 2015. 304p. ISBN 9780399171642. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780698168701. F

Jay Johnson is floating through life; if pressed, he would probably say that happiness has been elusive. After all, being alive isn’t the same as living. Things take a drastic turn for Jay when he’s placed into the witness protection program very much against his will and whisked away to an enclave on Catalina Island, populated with program people and a gaggle of federal agents. They c...