Spy in the Ointment

The three-time Edgar Award-winning Grand Master of Mystery serves up a dangerous case of mistaken identity in "e;the best spy comedy I have ever read"e; (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 also thanks to a tragically consequential typo the 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 girlfriend who is even more clueless than he Raxford 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. "e;If the suspense doesn't kill you, the laughter will."e; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "e;Inventive . . . Wholly delightful."e; The New York Times "e;No writer can excel Donald E. Westlake . . . but he has excelled himself . . . If you miss it, you'll regret it."e; Los Angeles Times Praise for Donald E. Westlake"e;Westlake has no peer in the realm of comic mystery novelists."e; San Francisco Chronicle