The Deal: About Face
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Publisher Description
New York City commercial real estate power-broker Jonah Gray has finally resurfaced and he has a lot of unfinished business. Since becoming a fugitive and fleeing his own country, the road traveled has been a long and shocking one. And it has been a road of singular purpose: the methodical preparation for his return. Saddled nine years ago with a rare Fabergé Imperial Easter Egg thought lost in the Russian Revolution, Jonah made sure the treasure ended up at its destination. In keeping it from his conniving half-brother, he also inadvertently killed a dirty New York City cop, and his own father was murdered in cold blood. Jonah is unsure which is greater: all he lost in this world, or all he has learned about himself. One thing is certain. It is time. Time for ruthlessness. Time for payback. Time for truth. Time for redemption. Time for a new deal.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Too much recapping of 2008's The Deal, the first book in Gittlin's series featuring commercial real estate broker Jonah Gray, hampers this sequel. Gray has survived attempts on his life, escaped New York City one step ahead of the law, undergone a face lift, and moved to Amsterdam, where he works for the Dutch real estate firm de Bont Beleggings. A few years later, Gray returns to New York to complete a lucrative commercial building deal while searching for his lost love, the beautiful Perry York, and her son, Max. The meandering plot includes missing Faberg Imperial Easter Eggs, secret messages, Russian royalty, and a homicidal half-brother, but none of this is nearly as interesting as Gittlin's depiction of the high-level real estate business. The tough-guy action ends abruptly, to be continued in the third installment.
