Once a Thief — J.A. Devereaux

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE... HE'S A THIEF, NOT A SPY. Gregg Hadyn has had enough. SIRU Director Denny Garret promised the ultimate challenge when Gregg agreed to trade his prison sentence for a chance to serve his country, but stealing for the fed's covert team of spies has been anything but challenging... ...or so he says. Items have gone missing from SIRU missions. A heated, public confrontation with the Strategic Intelligence Response Unit director. A ticket back to prison. These are the rewards the notorious Gregg Hadyn receives for his service? Not on his watch. So, Gregg, with the help of criminal friends, old and new, coupled with a clever escape, ditches his tracking chip, the SIRU, and his wife/team member Carly, for greater reward. Or does he? Off law-enforcement's radar and holed up in a New York mansion, Gregg repeats a memorable heist, both sticking it to Denny and stealing a diamond for some quick cash, all of which impresses a crew of up-and-coming thieves. Small-scale heists not his style, Gregg perpetrates what is considered an impossible heist-stealing over a billion dollars-in the hopes the Jacks of Diamonds will ask him to join, especially in light of the five-hundred million he's offering them. However, Gregg soon discovers the group is not what they purport. Gregg needs help from the one agency, the one man, who he knows, despite everything, will not abandon him. But will Director Garret receive and respond to Gregg's plea in time or might Gregg's return to the thieving life result in deadly consequences? Theft, intrigue, and terrorism are pitted against friendship, loyalty, and trust in the sixth installment of J.A. Devereaux's REQUISITION FOR: A THIEF. First Edition Genre: Action-Adventure/Crime-Heist/Espionage If you like "Leverage," "White Collar," "It Takes a Thief," "The Italian Job," and "Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen," stories in which the thieves are the heroes, you'll love the REQUISITION FOR: A THIEF series.