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For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Sixty is the New Assassin is crime/suspense fiction. I like the front cover; the colors are white and red, and it’s simple, and the blurb is just straight to the point and gets your attention straight away. The story is 200 pages long, and it’s about Ishmael, who is 60 years old and retired from corporate life and tries to keep busy, but then suddenly hears something about his daughter-in-law and wants to do something about it. I like how the story is written, and Ishmael is the narrator in the story, and he is classed as the bad guy. But I could not help liking him immensely and enjoyed following his story. The story really works, and it flows, and it’s easy to get into from the minute you open the book. It has some good twists that I didn’t see or work out, which is brilliant. The pacing of the book is at a good speed that you can keep up with. I found it to be very entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it was lovely to read something very different from what I normally read. I hope there’s another book because I think it would make a fantastic series. 5 stars.
Author Bio:
For many years, Shesh was an author in denial. He wrote stories and articles but shared them only with his family and close friends, and felt like an imposter doing so.
Two years ago, Radhika, his wife and muse, gave him an ultimatum. Publish or perish, she said.
Given that her kitchen was stocked with sharp implements and unlabelled bottles containing suspicious powders, Shesh began writing in earnest. When Earnest objected, Shesh moved to his laptop.
Sixty Is The New Assassin is the first of 12 novels - The CEO Assassin series. Featuring Ishmael Dollah, an unremarkable retired CEO, the series traces the evolution of a corporate honcho into a remorseless assassin. Set in Singapore, the 'safest country in the world', Ishmael's targets find their misplaced complacence fatal. Ishmael Dollah finds that he is well suited to graduate into his new vocation. In his years as a CEO, he has learnt to be amoral, relentless and goal-focussed. The perfect qualities for someone who needs to take a life and then attend a cocktail reception.
Shesh is a voracious reader. He has always been irritated by protagonists ruled by angst or past tragedies. Ishmael has no such qualms. He is a happy, well adjusted assassin with no dark secrets. Ishmael loves his family, his country, and his life. Murder is just icing on the cake.
The second book in the series, "Assassins Are Our Greatest Assets" came out in January 2026, and the next in the series is slated for September 2026.
Shesh can be reached only if you have an assignment for Ishmael Dollah
Book Blurb: WAS AN ASSASSIN’S ROLE AKIN TO A CEO’S ROLE? BOTH NEEDED SOME SUSPENSION OF MORALITY, A WILLINGNESS TO DO THINGS THAT MOST WOULD NOT, OR COULD NOT.
After retiring from active corporate life, sixty-year-old Ishmael Dollah keeps himself busy with regular runs around the city, tennis at the club and his book club meets. Life is good—a bit staid maybe, but good. That is until, one day, he hears of his beloved daughter-in-law’s rumoured affair. Suddenly Ishmael’s perfect world is turned upside down.
Never one to give in, Ishmael decides to take matters into his own hands. He’ll apply his sharp mind and ruthless boardroom tactics to plan not a hostile takeover, but a carefully orchestrated act of vengeance.
As he treads the fine line between right and wrong, blurring it to suit his needs, Ishmael realises he rather enjoys the process. Sixty Is the New Assassin is an intriguing blend of dark humour and suspense that will keep the reader hooked up to the very end
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