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Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning
Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning | Hallgrimur Helgason
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With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bok ic, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik disguised as American televangelist Father Friendly. With no means of escape from this island devoid of gun shops, this country with absolutely no tradition for contract killing, he is forced to come to terms with his bloody past and reevaluate his future, to tragicomic effect. Toxic paints Iceland as an icy netherworld where in spite of peaceful appearances danger lurks in the guise of terrifying romantic overtures with tough-girl Gunholder, fear of being caught in his blasphemous deception, and the threat of punishment at the hands of Thordur whose name seems to be pronounced Torture. "
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TheEllieMo
Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning | Hallgrimur Helgason
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

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julesG
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Fifth day just turned into sixth day of Christmas 🙈

Anyway, on the fifth day of Christmas, we have a hitman, who has to pretend to be a televangelist from the US visiting a colleague in Iceland to escape the crosshairs on his back.

#12Booksof2020 @Andrew65

Crazeedi Wow, sounds creepy, but good 4y
Crazeedi And that cover😲 my husband might like! 4y
Andrew65 Love the title! 4y
twohectobooks This sounds excellent 4y
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julesG
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Thanks for the tag @squirrelbrain

Here are my #top6reads for the first part of 2020 - it was not as easy as I thought. I could have picked 10, or 20 books. I chose the ones I recommended the most.

What about you @Maike @Buechersuechtling @Deifio?

squirrelbrain So difficult isn‘t it?! 4y
julesG @squirrelbrain It seems so easy. Just pick six books out of 132. It's not. I'm wondering whether it might be easier to pick the bottom six. 🤔 4y
squirrelbrain Ha, yes! Let‘s do that instead.... I read 127 books, so nearly the same as you! 😘 4y
BiblioLitten I have heard so many good things about Mythos! 4y
GingerAntics I have mythos on audio. One of these days I should really give it a listen. 4y
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julesG
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This was unexpectedly good.

Croatian hitman "Toxic" has to flee the US and gets stranded in Iceland, the country with no guns, being mistaken as a famous televangelist. When this disguise falls through he has to face his past. A past strewn with dead bodies from the Balkan war and his days as a hitman. Housecleaning his soul through "Torture therapy" he is trying for a new life in the cold.

#Iceland #ReadingEurope2020
@BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

BarbaraBB Sounds good. I‘ll stack it for #Iceland! 5y
Librarybelle This does sound good. And quirky! 5y
Crazeedi Interesting concept 5y
Kalalalatja Stacked! 5y
Kalalalatja Stacked! 5y
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julesG
Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning | Hallgrimur Helgason
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Anyone read this yet?

This is weirdly good. Funny, yet has very thought provoking parts about death and war and what's the difference between a murder and a killer.

Croatian hitman, who botched up a job in New York, is on the run, and gets stranded in Iceland.

#ReadingEurope2020

GingerAntics Oh, that sounds interesting. I love a good mystery with a little philosophy thrown in. I'm going to have to check this out. 5y
vivastory This has been on my TBR FOREVER. Might need to bump it up. 5y
julesG @vivastory The audiobook is good. The narrator does a very good job with all the accents. 5y
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TheAromaofBooks For a moment from the title I was kind of hoping that this was going to be a book about really tackling the clutter in your house! 😂 5y
julesG @TheAromaofBooks It's more about tackling the clutter in the hitman's soul/heart/life. But he likes a clean living space, too. If you need cleaning tips, ask Britt-Marie 😁😁😁 5y
TheAromaofBooks haha thanks for the tip! 😂 5y
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