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Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.

Not shocked to see it was published by Paladin Press, also (in)famous for publishing The Anarchist Cookbook

I thought it was for home contractors and figured I should read it to better deal with them.

I could use that book

I was expecting the same. It does seem like a good euphemism for a contractor that kills it (not literal killer).

It is. At a former employer, they brought in a contractor for a very targeted task and informally refered to it as hiring a "hit man."

I was expecting a book about the music industry with a cynical take on formulaic music - maybe a biography of someone like Bill Drummond.

Hit Parade would be a better title for such a book.

(KLF had a few hits and wasn't a solo act.)

Try "Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business" by Fredric Dannen

There's a site for freelancers called Gun.io, which uses a similar dysphemism.