A review by vkemp
Forty Thieves by Thomas Perry

5.0

Sid and Veronica Abel are retired LAPD cops, now running their own P.I. business. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are a team of assassins, hired to kill the Abels when Ronnie and Sid get too close on a murder cold-case. The Abels were hired by Intellercelleron to work on the murder on James Ballantine, a chemist. The Board of Directors cannot figure out why he died; everyone liked Ballantine -- until they didn't anymore. Come to find out, James was not a nice person and he crossed the wrong woman. The Hoyts kill the person who hired them to kill the Abels and that brings down the wrath of an international crew of jewel thieves on their heads. Not only do Ed and Nicole have to avoid the Abels; they also have to avoid getting killed by murderous Eastern European crooks. Brilliant plotting brings everything together in the end.