I've known a few carnies. Hard work. Busy. Off-time spent maximising likelihood of inebriation. Absence of personal boundaries. Same could be said of wrestlers with an abundance of painkillers thrown in.
Off-topic, but I've done lots of research on gladiators in the days of ancient Rome, and the same could have been said for them. They worked very hard, had very little truck with personal boundaries, and had the best medical care available (not so many painkillers, obviously).
Not many spent their off-time getting drunk, but only because their owners -- most gladiators were slaves, after all -- wouldn't have given them alcohol. (A drunk gladiator would have weak reflexes, and not much good in a fight).
And -- obviously -- carnies, wrestlers and gladiators are all in the entertainment business. The more things change.
I had thought of the murder weapon being hidden in packages for delivery and then used by the murderer, I hadn't thought of the delivery vehicle yet but I have a rather unique situation with my job: I work for Canada Post and I'm required to be "security-safe" maintaining clean driving record, not getting arrested or anything suspicious order to maintain my security clearance.
I'm not sure this is a concern for Canada Post but writing a book about a delivery person driving around and murdering people with a weapon they've hidden in a corporate vehicle.....that might raise some eyebrows at my work. Same for working in the processing plants and figuring out how to move drugs or weapons or child sexual abuse images through the mail, then writing about it in a book. We're also in a 19 month long labour dispute and I suspect any excuse to fire people and reduce payroll will be seized by supervisors.
I think you're right to be cautious. I wouldn't do anything to draw attention to myself. *nod* If you decide to write your assassin as a post-delivery person, maybe keep it under your hat until you're ready to publish?
That said, your idea is bloody brilliant! You're absolutely correct about how the delivery vehicle isn't suspicious and how murder weapons can be hidden in the packages and parcels - I have no way of knowing what the contents of the parcels and packages in my corporate vehicle are.
Agreed, any official-looking vehicle wouldn't be suspicious. To take an extreme example, I've read that terrorists have driven ambulances to transport weapons or carry out attacks. (For example, a driver was convicted of using an ambulance to carry out an attack in Germany).
