Callahan: Dirty Harry

Now professionally edited. Dirty, Harry Callahan burst onto the scene in 1971. A tough, get the job done, San Francisco Homicide Detective. Harry had his own style of policing and got results. Several villains tried to finish him in various ways. Harry proved to be more resourceful and resilient than any imagined. Unfortunately, he became a liability for law enforcement's changing face and was side-lined 25 years ago.The story begins with Harry briefly reviewing what little he has done with himself since leaving the force. An unexpected knock at his front door from an old Partner, Chico Gonzalez, leads to a US Government job offer.Harry was politically incorrect at the best of times in the 1970's. His methods always led to problems. The events that rocked Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 would have to be considered tame compared with those Harry brought to the streets he worked in San Francisco.As a man well past retirement age, he accepts the job at the Department of State. The consultancy work in the Middle East, reviewing prominent American Corporate's security protocols. Advising them in the regions surrounding the many trouble spots is honest and fulfilling for Harry.An incident on a flight from Pakistan is cast and unfolds in much the same way as his first act of extreme violence in the Dirty Harry Movie. The scenario is in keeping with the current problems in the Middle East. The final outcome; driven by different beliefs and circumstance.Harry always gets the dirty jobs. The willingness to act outside the law. And do what is required for the greater good at the expense of Politically Correctness and accepted civilised behaviour was nothing new to Harry. It was all about deniability for the President. The Americans would always get the blame unless they could convince their friends and enemies they weren't involved. Harry's record spoke for itself. Harry had always operated off the reservation. He was uncontrollable both then and now. And he could be thrown to the wolves if it suited.The old Soviet tactical nuclear device went missing in 1997. Abu Bakr took the torch from Abu Musad, and the organisation had placed its best people in key positions. The bomb had moved slower than could be seen. So slow it appeared not to exist. The brothers were the final piece of the puzzle; they had worked for ten years to make one moment happen.New York had been hit once. They would hit it again, and this time it would be final. It would destroy an ideal, a whole way of life. The end of the American Dream. And it would be the greatest triumph in history. The delivery mechanism was the ultimate act of deception and planning the old men of the desert had ever put together.Harry would have to break all the rules if he was to find the slightest thread to follow.


About the Author
Big Foot, the pseudonym and long-time nickname of the author. The author, born May 1963, has had a colourful and interesting life. And fortunate to have lived in and travelled through many places in the last twenty-five years. Having spent barely a handful of days in the last eight years in the UK. Those places include Sierra Leone, Senegal, Cape Town, Moscow, Mauritania, Monaco, Lugano, Puerto Banus, Miami, Paris, Brussels, Gibraltar, Edinburgh, Majorca, Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Villars-sur-Ollon, Tokyo, Shanghai and in no particular order. Most of these were not flying visits, but actual periods of habitation. The short stays are too numerous to mention and include India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, South America and most of Eastern Europe. When Big Foot writes, he writes with first-hand knowledge of a place, its people and the culture. The life of BigFoot has been an interesting and colourful one; having been through numerous phases, meeting success and failure and treating those two imposters the same. Forming part of the Chinese Delegation at the Global Climate Summit in Cancun 2010 and being asked to be the Executive Director of the Beijing Emissions Trading association was a career highlight. There are many interesting tales, too numerous to mention here. These and other weird and strange events shaping the course of his life throughout the last thirty years. Lonergan has experienced success and failure in extreme measures and has seen how fickle the financial world can be. Therefore, the author has some knowledge and first-hand experience of his subject matter. Big Foot has completed several other fiction works and has several more in progress. He believes he can create a good number of modern fictional thrillers, from the extraordinary life he has seen and lived. Big Foot currently lives in Dubai on the famous Palm Jumeirah, where he spends his days scribbling; looking for inspiration and cause. And trying to remain almost sane in this ever changing and multifaceted world. The story's come easily and there are many more to follow. Having walked a fine line for many years, the writer understands there are always at least two sides to a tale. Each will have merit and fault, perhaps not in equal measure; Big Foot is only the storyteller and never the judge. Interested agents are most welcome. martin@bigfootwriter.com