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The Deal

The Deal, January 2014
The Deal Trilogy #1
by Adam Gittlin

Oceanview Publishing
Featuring: Jonah Gray
ISBN: 1608091066
EAN: 9781608091065
Kindle: B00FRVQN6M
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"What starts out as the deal of a lifetime quickly turns into something sinister and deadly."

Fresh Fiction Review

The Deal
Adam Gittlin

Reviewed by Tanzey Cutter
Posted January 10, 2014

Thriller

Real estate investment broker Jonah Gray has it all -- partnership in a powerful New York City firm that provides him enough money to afford a Park Avenue penthouse, luxury clothes and vehicles, as well as a lavish social lifestyle. He learned how to be powerful in pursuing his dreams from his equally powerful father. When a Russian friend approaches Jonah with a half-billion dollar deal, Jonah is more than eager to handle the property purchase for him. The fact that it has to be done in a very short amount of time makes the deal more risky, but the payoff will be phenomenal for Jonah and his partners. It doesn't take long for outside circumstances to start dictating Jonah's situation. Fear and paranoia set in with all the juggling he's doing to keep control of his life. Then a tragic turn of events proves to be not only shocking, but life altering. With so many things happening on so many different fronts in such a short amount of time, Jonah realizes he's been set up from the very beginning of the deal. But how is he going to handle it all now? In the beginning chapters of THE DEAL, you have to read through some large sections of descriptive narrative, which has a tendency to slow the pacing. Once Adam Gittlin has established the characters and the workings of the real estate business, the plot picks up considerably as the deal unfolds. Jonah Gray is not that easy a central character to like with his many excesses and voracity, but his redeeming qualities show through enough that readers will root for his success in the end. As the first book in a three-part series, THE DEAL ends with a good setup for the next novel, THE DEAL: ABOUT FACE, coming in March 2014.

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SUMMARY

Everything about Jonah Gray screams success – expensive clothes, a Park Avenue penthouse, and a seven-figure income. A cutthroat, rainmaking New York City commercial real estate broker, Jonah craves opulence and power. He beds models, romps the globe on the weekends and sees the world as his for the taking. Jonah Gray has it all. Or at least he had it all. When a friend presents Jonah with the deal of a lifetime, Jonah jumps at the chance. All Jonah has to do is act quickly, invest half a billion dollars in prime NY office buildings, and collect a huge payoff. But this golden opportunity is anything but. Within days of signing on, Jonah is mysteriously thrust into the epicenter of an international and personal scandal. Forced to explore a whole new territory where he can trust no one, and where danger, death and deception lurk at every corner, Jonah will learn some painfully hard lessons about the quest for easy money. Closing this deal could mean losing everything.


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