The Spy in the Ointment (Digital Original)

By: Donald E. Westlake

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Synopsis: The three-time Edgar Award–winning 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 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. &“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