Many writers have highlighted South Florida's colorful characters, but John Deal is a remarkably normal man, put in extraordinary situations. Deal has spent much of his adult life trying to rebuild the Miami construction firm that his late father ruined. Cuba has just normalized relations with the United States, and when the possibility of a major project there arises, he can't help being intrigued - only to find that he has been lured to Havana for another, far more dangerous purpose: to help spring an American prisoner from a Castro jail. Deal wants nothing to do with it, until he discovers the identity of the prisoner: a man closer to him than he could have possibly imagined, and the holder of secrets many groups would kill for... "[The John Deal series] is one of the best-written, most completely satisfying series currently being produced." (St. Petersburg Times)
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"Good reading. I really enjoyed this book and intend to read more by Standiford. I have also read Bringing Adam Home nonfiction about the abduction of Adam Walsh."
— Lynette (4 out of 5 stars)
" Les Standiford's John Deal is an interesting guy, and this novel brings much of his past into the present, helping us understand him far better. There's lots of action, some spicy moments and great atmosphere. I'll have to go back and pick up some of his earlier novels. "
— Bradley, 7/3/2012" Les Standiford's John Deal is an interesting guy, and this novel brings much of his past into the present, helping us understand him far better. There's lots of action, some spicy moments and great atmosphere. I'll have to go back and pick up some of his earlier novels. "
— Bradley, 2/4/2010Les Standiford is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Bringing Adam Home. His book, The Man Who Invented Christmas, was a New York Times ‘Editors’ Choice’ and was made into a feature film starring Christopher Plummer and Dan Stevens in 2018. He is a professor of English and founding director of the creative writing program at Florida International University and holds a MA and PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah. He attended the US Air Force Academy and Columbia School of Law and is a former screenwriting fellow and graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.