It was one last job, what could go wrong? Everything!Assassin Dan Jones is a man who can get things done. When a rival crime boss wants to expand her territory, he's ordered to remove her. If he succeeds, he can retire in peace.Dan has it all worked out, and everything is going well. Until the unexpected happens.He's given a choice, he can try again, or his failure will be the death of him.Having never been a fan of dying, Dan does the only thing he can do.Except that this time, he's forced to work with the source of all his problems.Dan must learn to work with the thief to finish his mission.If he succeeds, maybe they'll both get out alive. "The Hitman and the Thief is a fast-paced story with lots of action and intrigue.""A 'who done it' that had me guessing all the way through.""A lightning fast, thrilling story that was so captivating it was impossible to put down." I'm Richard Dee and I'm from Brixham in Devon.I write all kinds of speculative fiction, from Science Fiction and Steampunk to sci-fi crime and psychological thrillers.Forty years at sea gave me the ideas, I just changed the names and set them in the future, or an alternative now.All my work is fuelled by black coffee and homemade digestive biscuits.