Done Deal

Name: Done Deal
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Les Standiford
ISBN: 9781456125271

Author: Les Standiford

Series: John Deal #1

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/24/2011

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Done Deal is the first in the series featuring reluctant sleuth John Deal, a South Florida building contractor who has a penchant for stepping into the path of the wrong people. Here, Deal is struggling to rebuild the once formidable DealCo, a development company once headed by his flamboyant father Barton Deal—but little does he know that the piece of land upon which he plans to build a small apartment complex is coveted by a ruthless businessman intent on making a fortune off Major League Baseball's arrival in South Florida.

About Les Standiford

Les Standiford is the author of the bestselling Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean, Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles, and Meet you in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America, among many other works of fiction and nonfiction. He lives with his wife, Kimberly, in Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly

Soms beetje afgeleid......more

Goodreads review by Lee

Filled with a lean plot, tough and fast paced action. When reluctant sleuth John Deal wises up, he does some serious damage. A fun start to this series, I look forward to the next one.......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I was in my favorite bookshop the other day and one of the other 'regular' customers comes in raving about this book and begging for more of his stuff. So, naturally, I had to give it a go myself. I can't say that I'm as nuts about it as that other guy but it was a good and interesting read. You don......more

Goodreads review by Gregg

Book Review: Done Deal : A John Deal Novel by Les Standiford Done Deal : A John Deal Novel by Les Standiford is the first title in the authors John Deal series. Set in South Florida, the book captures the early nineties Miami while weaving an intense tale of manipulation and murder. John Deal is a str......more