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  Travis McGee: Book 1

  The Deep Blue Good-By

  by John D. MacDonald

  TRAVIS McGEE He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.... With an introduction by CARL HIAASEN JOHN D. MACDONALD "....the great... (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 21

  The Lonely Silver Rain

  by John D. MacDonald

  Keeping himself alive is something detective Travis McGee has always taken for granted -- until his search for a wealthy friend's missing yacht places him square in the center of the international cocaine trade. Following a trail that leads him from Miami's lavish penthouse suites to a remote village in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Travis finds himself the target of some of the most ruthless villains he"s ever met. (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 13

  A Tan and Sandy Silence

  by John D. MacDonald

  Private eye Travis McGee outwaits and outwits a deranged killer as he searches for a missing wife on a remote Caribbean island, where he also tangles with a baby-faced businessman with a taste for murder. Book available.
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  Travis McGee: Book 4

  The Quick Red Fox

  by John D. MacDonald

  From the author of A Purple Place for Dying and The Deep Blue Good-by comes the republication of the bestseller starring Travis McGee, a real American hero. Reissue.
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  Travis McGee: Book 11

  Dress Her in Indigo

  by John D. MacDonald

  A great bestseller starring Travis McGee, a "real" hero.
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  Travis McGee: Book 5

  A Deadly Shade of Gold

  by John D. MacDonald

  Here's another bestselling novel featuring P.I. Travis McGee. According to Publishers Weekly, 20th Century Fox, "with an outlay of six figures, has cleared the way for Ruben/Robinson Productions to launch their own Travis McGee series." And according to Larry King's USA Today column, Harrison Ford has said, "I am interested in doing Travis McGee, the great detective character. Previously published.
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  Travis McGee: Book 8

  One Fearful Yellow Eye

  by John D. MacDonald

  Travis McGee arrives in Chicago to investigate the theft of thousands of dollars during Glory Doyle's husband's last painful year and uncovers a particulary sadistic blackmailer. Reissue.
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  Travis McGee: Book 20

  Cinnamon Skin

  by John D. MacDonald

  When Travis McGee's friend Meyer lent his boat to his niece Norma, and her new husband Even, the boat exploded out in the waters of the Florida Keys. Travis McGee thinks it's no accident, and clues lead him to ponder possibilities of drugs and also to wonder where Evan was when his wife was killed.... "Proves again that MacDonald keeps getting better with each new adventure." THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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  Travis McGee: Book 9

  Pale Gray for Guilt

  by John D. MacDonald

  With an introduction by CARL HIAASEN JOHN D. MacDONALD "...the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." --STEPHEN KING "...a master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer." --MARY HIGGINS CLARK "...a dominant influence on writers crafting the continuing series character." --SUE GRAFTON "...my favorite novelist of all time." --DEAN KOONTZ "...the consummate pro, a master storyteller... (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 3

  A Purple Place for Dying

  by John D. MacDonald

  From a beloved master of crime fiction, A Purple Place for Dying is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee’s taking his retirement in installments while he’s still young enough to enjoy it. But sooner or later, his money runs out and he has to work. This time McGee’s lured out West to a strangely secretive meeting with a woman in... (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 19

  Free Fall in Crimson

  by John D. MacDonald

  "McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER This time out, McGee came close to losing his status as a living legend when he agreed to track down the killers who brutally murdered an ailing millionaire. For starters, he renewed an unfinished adventure with a famous--and oversexed--Hollywood actress, who led him into a very nasty nest of murderers involving a motorcycle gang,... (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 7

  Darker Than Amber

  by John D. MacDonald

  A great bestseller starring Travis McGee, a real American hero--and maybe the star of a new movie franchise! Reissue.
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  Travis McGee: Book 2

  Nightmare in Pink

  by John D. MacDonald

  "A knight in slightly tarnished armor, " "the thinking man's Robin Hood, " McGee lives alone on his boat, the Busted Flush. Rejecting the modern world, adhering to a timeless sense of honor and obligation, he is more and less than a private eye. From the author of The Deep Blue Good-by. Original.
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  Travis McGee: Book 6

  Bright Orange for the Shroud

  by John D. MacDonald

  Another bestseller starring Travis McGee, a real American hero--and maybe the star of a new movie franchise! Reissue.
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  Travis McGee: Book 18

  The Green Ripper

  by John D. MacDonald

  "McGee has become part of our national fabric." SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER Beautiful girls always grace the Florida beaches, strolling, sailing, relaxing at the many parties on Travis McGee's houseboat, The Busted Flush. McGee was too smart--and had been around too long--for many of them to touch his heart. Now, however, there was Gretel. She had discovered the key to McGee--to all of him--and now he had... (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 10

  The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper

  by John D. MacDonald

  Stephen King called John MacDonald ""the" great entertainer of our age". Now, Fawcett is proud to introduce to a new generation a character endowed with the values of a hero. The values of a hero never change--and neither does Travis McGee.
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  Travis McGee: Book 17

  The Empty Copper Sea

  by John D. MacDonald

  McGee is hired to find the truth behind a man's disappearance. Is the man accused of murder guilty or the victim of an elaborate hoax? 2 cassettes.
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  Travis McGee: Book 16

  The Dreadful Lemon Sky

  by John D. MacDonald

  "The professional's professional of suspense writers." THE NEW YORK TIMES Travis McGee has been offered easy money by a longtime lady friend. But when she gets killed, McGee's got a boatload of mystery. Navigating his boat into troubled waters, he heads for the seamier side of Florida--where drug dealing, twisted sex, and corruption are easy to find--but murderous riddles are hard to solve....
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  Travis McGee: Book 14

  The Scarlet Ruse

  by John D. MacDonald

  Travis McGee is too busy with his houseboat to pay attention to the little old man with the missing postage stamps. Except these are no ordinary stamps. They are rare stamps. Four hundred thousand dollars worth of rare. And if McGee doesn't recognize their value, perhaps Mary Alice McDermit does, a six-foot knockout who knows all the ways to a boat bum's heart. Only it's not McGee's heart that's in danger. Because... (more)
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  Travis McGee: Book 12

  The Long Lavender Look

  by John D. MacDonald

  Featuring an Introduction by bestselling author Carl Hiaasen, here is another colorful adventure involving freewheeling gumshoe Travis McGee with millions and murder in a deadly Florida town by one of mystery's best-loved bestselling authors.