Mostly Murders

Till about a year ago, my serene life revolved around my wife, tennis, Kindle and the club.

Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Many thanks to Shesh for this ebook.

If you’ve ever wondered how a retired Singapore CEO would do as an assassin, this is your chance to find out. And if you’ve never wondered about something so oddly specific, this is still your chance to find out.

Ishmael Dollah is a successful, fastidious former CEO in his sixties who lives a pleasant but somewhat uneventful life as a wealthy retiree. But one day at a party his life is turned upside down as he hears that his daughter-in-law is cheating on his beloved son. Known throughout the Singapore professional scene as a ruthless and efficient businessman, Ishmael isn’t one to just let matters take their own course. So he doesn’t. He does what he has always done. He plots and researches and investigates and writes lists and carefully concocts a plan to ensure that his daughter-in-law will never rendezvous with her lover again.

If you’re looking for a mystery with a retired main character, you have no shortage of options on today’s market. But if you’re looking for a mystery focused not on a murder, but on the buildup and subsequent consequences of an unnatural death with surprising twists, self-deprecating humour and a unique, businesslike approach that will have you cheering for a self-professed wannabe assassin, this is it.

Sixty Is The New Assassin is darkly funny, fast-paced, introspective and clever. It is not a traditional murder mystery filled with motives, alibis, witnesses and suspects, but rather a humorous, confessional tale of retirement, family life, murder and ingenious twists.

Told mostly from Ishmael’s point of view with short interludes from the other characters involved, like his wife, son and daughter-in-law, Sixty Is The New Assassin balances cozy scenes of marriage and delicious food and healthy senior activities with Ishmael’s relentless, unfeeling logic as he attempts to cut any “distractions” out of his otherwise perfect life.

Mystery