what does "blow our best angle"mean?
“He’s still the father of her children.”
“True enough. I’ll keep on it. Meanwhile, I’m going to take a look around here, see if I can find out what Suskind’s been up to. Get a bead on him.”
“I want you to give the cops what you have on him.”
She winced. “That hurts. Listen, the cops will want to talk to him, ask questions, get their own gauge. It could scare him off, and we end up blowing our best angle. Give me a little time, say a week. Let me see what I can finesse.”
“A week,” Eli agreed.
“Why don’t you show me the famous hole in your basement.”

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what does "blow our best angle"mean?
“He’s still the father of her children.” 
“True enough. I’ll keep on it. Meanwhile, I’m going to take a look around here, see if I can find out what Suskind’s been up to. Get a bead on him.” 
“I want you to give the cops what you have on him.” 
She winced. “That hurts. Listen, the cops will want to talk to him, ask questions, get their own gauge. It could scare him off, and we end up blowing our best angle. Give me a little time, say a week. Let me see what I can finesse.” 
“A week,” Eli agreed. 
“Why don’t you show me the famous hole in your basement.”

Answer

When used in this context "angle" refers to a path in which to accomplish their task. And by "blow" they mean ruin or destroy(ing). A sentence to replace that might look like this "and we end up ruining our best plan of action."

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