Heidi Fraumeister inherited her fathers business empire and became a millionairess overnight. While on a sailing holiday around the Canary Isles she is spotted by Jack Towney who assumes the alias of James De Villiers in order to impress her. They become entangled in a passionate relationship and are quickly married. Heidi insists on a pre-nuptial agreement to safeguard her fortune, which Jack gladly signs, but in the months that follow the gloss of the relationship suddenly tarnishes and Jack needs to find a way out without losing the lavish life-style being married to Heidi affords.
Divorce would leave Jack back where he started, poor and lonely. He hatches a plan to have Heidi killed by a professional hit man and engages old friends Michael and Patrick Flannigan to provide the assassin. However with a huge sum of money on offer, greed takes over, and in the end the Flannigan brothers decide to carry out the kill themselves.
‘The Hit’ follows the two bungling hit men as they try to kill off the millionairess to save their friend losing claim to her fortune. Despite numerous failed attempts they eventually manage to commit the murder they were being paid for, but not with the outcome they had anticipated.
عن المؤلف
Neil was born in 1955 and educated at Carre’s Grammar School in Sleaford followed by a drawing office apprenticeship and five year part time study at Lincoln Technical College in Mechanical Engineering. From there he has worked for Architects in London, Cambridge and Nottingham as an Architectural Technician.
In 1993 Neil returned to full time education at Nottingham Trent University and graduated in 1996 with a First Class Honours degree in Residential Development. Following graduation Neil worked for construction companies as a Design Manager on numerous large construction projects. Neil is currently involved with the Midland Golf Union.
Neil is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Building and an active golfer. He has a keen interest in building design and construction innovation. He lives in the East Midlands with his partner Janet. Neil has one daughter and three grandsons.
This is his third novel and a fourth is in preparation.