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James Robert O'Malley, better known to everyone as Dimmie, had never before been out of New York. But now his boss, Lucky Callahan, had him on a luxury cruise ship heading to Canada without anyone to give him orders and all the food he can eat - for free. The old boss who'd gone into witness protection years before had reportedly been seen on board and Dimmie was to find and kill him, returning to the City by Greyhound bus from Boston. Dimmie was an hit man who didn't like killing people but had to do as he was told. Armed only with a grainy picture of his victim, and the faintest of memories of him from the past, Dimmie starts looking for his man. Failure would not be tolerated

This delightful story follows the two men, Dimmie himself and the o!d crime boss, Kerrick. The reader shares their ideas, hopes and fears, over the course of the four days spent cruising, up to the final denouement in Boston. Unexpectedly charming and rather sad, the two protagonists and Dimmie in particular, become very real people and the tension rises as the book approaches it's conclusion. Narrator, Brian Wiggins, performs the book perfectly.

I was very fortunate in being freely gifted with a complimentary copy of The Dim-Witted Hitman, by the rights holder after my request via Audiobook Boom. Thank you so much. It was not as I had expected: it was better. Delightful characterisation and sweet story. Recommended to all..

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