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Sting on Columbus Circle

As mentioned previously, I’m working on a new novel – 6,000 Kilos. And Chapter 1 is titled El Naya. I’ve broken the chapter down into 7 sequences – and will be presenting each one – in sequence – over the next seven days.

Yesterday I presented Segment 6 – “Concepcion to Valparaiso” – which shows protagonist Steve Piasecki trying to figure out the route of the container ship carrying 6,000 kilos of cocaine.

Today, I’ll wrap up Chapter 1 with “Sting on Columbus Boulevard” where DEA agents are staking out a penthouse condo on the 55th floor on the north tower of the Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle in New York City.

Their mark is a drug czar from the Sinaloa Cartel.

The number of headlights looping around Columbus Circle in Manhattan looks to be normal for this time of night. Just under thirty cars, half of them taxi cabs.

Columbus Circle is a Manhattan landmark situated at the southwest corner of Central Park. In the center of the traffic circle is a circular-shaped park full of shrubs and leafy trees, and rimmed with a border of colorful flowering ornamental plants. At night it’s also circled by a string of bright lights.

In the center of the park is the circle’s namesake. A marble statue of Christopher Columbus stands on a pedestal atop a 76-foot granite column. The statue itself is 27 feet, six inches tall.

Rimming the western arc of Columbus Circle is another Manhattan landmark. The Time Warner Center is a mixed-use building complex. Its twin towers rise 749 feet above the street and are home to assorted businesses, banks, restaurants, designer shops, and a huge Whole Foods Market. A CNN studio is still there until it moves to Camden Yards later in the year.

That’s how Sting on Columbus Circle begins. To read the entire sequence, click below to download and read it at your leisure.

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