Spy in the Ointment

Spy in the Ointment Synopsis

The three-time Edgar Awardwinning Grand Master of Mystery serves up a dangerous case of mistaken identity in ';the best spy comedy I have ever read' (The New York Times). J. Eugene Raxford is not what anyone would call a debonair man of action. He has no class, no skills, and all the physical prowess of a napping tree sloth. James Bond would think twice before letting him park the Aston Martin. Though he is a devoted pacifist, Raxford is alsothanks to a tragically consequential typothe supposed leader of a half-baked and violent radical organization. That's why the FBI wants him to go undercover and spy on the consortium of real-life terrorists and deadly assassins. Now, with the help of his girlfriendwho is even more clueless than heRaxford is about to enter a realm of danger and deception unlike any he has ever imagined. And the safety of the entire world depends on his every move. ';If the suspense doesn't kill you, the laughter will.' The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ';Inventive... Wholly delightful.' The New York Times ';No writer can excel Donald E. Westlake... but he has excelled himself... If you miss it, you'll regret it.' Los Angeles Times Praise for Donald E. Westlake ';Westlake has no peer in the realm of comic mystery novelists.' San Francisco Chronicle

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