The Deal

<p>Scottie Roberts is a high-profile criminal defense attorney who represents some of the country’s most well-known mafiosi. One of his clients Sammy Costello asks him to help negotiate a deal to buy a mega entertainment conglomerate. Sammy wants him in on the deal because Scottie’s boyhood friend Joey Torino is a priest who works at the Vatican Bank and he feels he can help finance the deal.</p><p>Things become complicated when Anthony Longo another boyhood friend of Scottie’s turns up seeking revenge for his father’s murder claiming that Scottie was involved.</p><p>The story takes you from the streets of Chicago to the glitter of Hollywood and then behind the scenes in Las Vegas. You will see firsthand how Vatican City a sovereign state controls its finances through the Vatican Bank which has been dogged for decades by scandals involving the illegal transfer of funds and money laundering.</p><p>You will meet people like Soraya Dubi a millionaire California real estate person who becomes Scottie’s partner; Alice Scottie’s secretary who unbeknownst to him leads two separate lives; and Maurice Gross the owner of Entertainment World.</p><p>Negotiating is part of everyday life but in business it’s absolutely critical to success. Scottie is not only a top defense attorney he is also an expert in negotiating a deal. Emotion luck and magic have no place in a successful negotiation. It takes an iron gut street smarts and unblinking discipline to make a good deal; and Scottie has them all.</p>