Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends.
Audible Plus auto-renews for $7.95/mo after 30 days. Upgrade or cancel anytime.
Done Deal  By  cover art

Done Deal

By: Les Standiford
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
Try for $0.00

$7.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $17.19

Buy for $17.19

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Les Standiford has won the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Fiction. Done Deal is filled with gripping characters, unforgettable encounters and unexpected twists. As the Miami sun shines down on a brutal world of corruption and violence, Johnny Deal is salvaging what is left of his family’s contracting business. His four-plex will be completed once he pays off a few more inspectors, and he is rejoicing in his wife’s pregnancy. But he’s about to find himself standing in the way of investors who will do anything, and eliminate anyone, that keeps them from the property they want. Fast-paced, gritty, and tough, Les Standiford’s novel grabs you by the throat and shakes away all daydreams of paradise. Ron McLarty’s skillful performance brings out the full range of emotional surprises and physical conflicts that assault Johnny Deal.

©1993 Les Standiford (P)1998 Recorded Books, LLC

What listeners say about Done Deal

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    3
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    6
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    3
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Disappointing Storyline...

The disappointing part was (without giving too much away) Standiford relying on physically impossible situations simply to carry the story. One character sustains an immediately mortal wound, yet carries on for minutes, attacking and re-attacking. THAT lost me. I love listening to Ron McLarty, and will probably get the next book in this series only because he is the narrator, no other reason, as Standiford has proven himself unequal to the task of writing a story which gives readers the opportunity to suspend disbelief. If you go into this series understanding the High-School-Lunchroom style of the author, then you will probably enjoy it. If you go in expecting the second coming of Baldacci... forget it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!