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The Steel Deal
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by James Blakley (Author) (edit contributors)

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At 55, big city sleuth Sonny Busco is sinking deep into debt and distrust when suddenly he's thrown a lifeline. The chief assistant to a prominent university professor offers $2500 for safe delivery of a confidential briefcase to Santa Fe, NM. Sonny accepts, thinking it's easy money. That is... read more

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  • “I'm 6'1", fly for fifty-five, and a Sagittarius..., by profession.”
    Sonny Busco
  • “You're dressed to kill, but not me...,Delilah.”
    Sonny Busco
  • “Bevel Brand: You know women: we tend to have a hang-up about looking just right.Sonny Busco: I thought it was for the right guy, not just any male chauvinist pig P.I. .”
  • “I'd got wind of something big. But was it bouquet or b.s. I smelled...?”
    Sonny Busco
  • “Sonny Busco: Well, now I know why you hired me. But I'm still curious: why me? Pixy Sage: Your name. Sonny: the kind of disposition I'd hoped for.”
  • “<Meiko McCall's> Maserati of a body and mind were just too quick for my wit (that was stuck in reverse) and for my wallet (that was regularly running on empty).”
    Sonny Busco
  • “For most, a splash of water to the face is enough of a wake-up. But for me, I prefer a fistful of bourbon to the face.”
    Sonny Busco

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Prologue
1. Catch Up
2. To Cruise Again
3. Back in the Black
4. What a Wake-up
5. A Lady Tells
6. Hooked Like a Halibut
7. Stopping Power
8. Salvador
9. Homework
10. Beam Me Up
11. Underhanded Hooey
12. Shadows of Doubt
13. Vengeance Revived
14. Riding the Edge
15. Bad Actor
16. Bomb Voyage
17. Shifts in the Night
18. As Clear as Mud
19. Curiousity Rekindled
20. Faking the Deal
21. The Old Ennui
22. The Steel Deal
23. Blown Away
24. Ticket Out
25. In a Lesser Light
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

  • "the bomb": literal: 1. an incendiary device possessing various levels of damage and destruction. figurative: 1. something or someone held in high esteem or value.
  • "sand": literal: 1. loose pieces of often silicon-based particles that comprise much of the earth's crust.figurative: 1. guts, determination, or willpower.
  • baggage: literal: 1. often portable containers for clothes, gear, etc.figurative: 1. someone or something presenting a nuisance or trouble.
  • dancing with the train: To take ones well-being into jeopardy by foolish words or deeds.
  • riding the edge: To be the first to risk trying or creating something of potentially wholesale significance. Think entrepreneur, pioneer, etc.
  • Ennui: <Actually l'ennui> French term for bordeom or the routine. Popularized as "The Old Ennui" from Cole Porter song "I Get a Kick Out of You".
  • in the red: Accounting term for in debt.
  • in the black: Accounting term for out of debt.

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  1. James Blakley (Author)

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Reading Level: Adults

PG-13. Some violence, but not gory. Many mature situations and adult language (i.e., sexual, racial, gender references).

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  • You Tube: Book trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tuvnz2W_pc

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