The Death You Deserve (American)

Hired to ghostwrite the memoirs of notorious Manchester gangster Malcolm Priest, struggling author Billy Dye finds himself in over his head when his erstwhile employer tires of him and hires a hitman to remove him, but the situation is further complicated when Billy discovers that the would-be assassin is an old schoolfriend who vows to protect him, regardless of the cost. Original. 20,000 first printing.