Pest Control

Assassin Bug #1

by Bill Fitzhugh

Bob Dillon is a down-on-his-luck exterminator from Queens who just wants to make a killing with his radical new environmentally friendly pest elimination technique. But when he decides to advertise, his flyer falls into the hands of a shady European murder-for-hire broker who mistakes Bob for a professional assassin. And before he knows it, Bob is targeted by his "competition" and running for his life from a motley collection of the world's deadliest and most outrageously eccentric contract killers.

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Comedy, Fantasy, Crime, Thriller

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Bill Fitzhugh worked at several FM rock radio stations in the 1970s and 1980s. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, he prefers The Band, Little Feat, and Van Morrison to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Iron Butterfly. The author of numerous screenplays and five comic novels, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and his record collection.

Reviews

[Ingrid]

Von mir gibt es sehr wohlwollende 3,5 Sterne.
Die Geschichte ist sehr einfach gestrickt. Man weiß schon im voraus, was passieren könnte. Aber dann läßt der Autor das unvermeidbare auf eine Art geschehen, die mich zwischen Lachen und Staunen zurückließ. Ein gutes Buch, um das Gehirn zwischen zwei anstrengenderen Büchern zu erholen.

[Karin]

Absolut skurril - slapstick in buchform!!!
Vor allem der showdown am ende ist zum brüllen komisch und erfüllt alle klischees von gangster- und thrillerbüchern/filmen