Diehling for Dollars

Bill Diehl caught the proverbial brass ring, but it was with a last-minute lunge: As he and his agents were talking on the phone about which of two offers to accept from publishing companies for his first book, the phone company cut off his service for non-payment. 

 "I had to walk about a half-mile to a phone booth to finish the negotiations." 

From that phone booth, Diehl negotiated a $1 million deal with the Dell publishing company. 

Sharky's Machine
by William Diehl

Atlanta narc cop stumbles across a mob murder with government ties.