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The Reluctant Assassin: A humorous English cosy crime thriller, perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Killers of a Certain Age
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780645439991
Publisher: Halfwaytree
Published: Oct 1 2026
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Thursday Murder Club meets Killers of a Certain Age in this humorous cosy crime thriller that packs-a-punch with clever characters, second chances and witty family-man-turned-assassin you will not forget!
When you've lost everything ... you've got nothing to lose.
Tony Langford is an average man, living an average life, with a loving family and a mundane job. Nobody notices him, he is plain to the point of invisibility, and he has never been happier.
When a sudden tragic accident takes away Tony's family, his whole life is gone, and he sees no way forward, he sees no alternative but to follow them into oblivion...
Until he is offered an alternative.
Out of the blue, a complete stranger presents a way for Tony to move on with his life, a way to utilise his unique skillset and fill his days. Tony becomes an assassin - a reluctant assassin - but an assassin who can't use a gun and doesn't cope well with blood.
Eighteen months on and Tony feels that his new-found purpose has cost him his soul.
He wants his old life back; he wants out.
But that wasn't in the contract.
'If you love low stakes (as low as one can go when you're talking about murder and assassination), predictable, fun, silly and creative stories about 'average' men doing 'average' things then this might be the perfect book for you. Laugh out loud funny, it merges the physical humour of Mr Bean with the intellectual comedy of a Benoir Blanc whodunnit, all with the right sprinkling of gore, horror and good, old-fashioned British humour.'
'Most of this book is solid 5-star material. There's humour, romance, drama, bad and good decision-making, along with some of the most outrageously amazing characters ever to be created.'
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