Small-time building contractor John Deal's life is unraveling faster than a film reel spinning off a projector. His best friend Barbara Cooper takes her own life--but does she? Unconvinced that Barbara's death is a suicide, Deal begins an investigation that pulls him into the vortex of a scheme o...
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 fat...
This book is about John Deal, a small-time Miami contractor. In an unlikely series of events he ends up in a ceremony that goes awry. Both he and the first lady are kidnapped by shadowy crooks and taken to a Caribbean island. Meanwhile his friend, Vernon Driscoll, an ex-cop, searches for him. Dir...
This is another fun John Deal story by Les Standiford. To start, I am a big Les Standiford fan. In fiction and non-fiction. This is the first book of his I would say is a disappointment.In 'Deal on Ice' there's lots of action and another heavy handed punch to religious faith by an author. When I ...
Attempting to resurrect the Miami building firm that his late father ruined, John Deal is elated to be awarded part of a major project, only to find that the project has strings. Deal never knew that, under duress, his father had been working secretly for a government agency to catch money-launde...
John Deal has spent much of his adult life trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined. When the possibility of a major project in post-normalized Cuba arises, he can't help but be intrigued-only to find that he's been lured to Havana for another, far more dangerous ...