John D Macdonald

The Turquoise Lament John D Macdonald

Publisher Marketing: The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author. Jonathan Kellerman Funny thing about favors. Sometimes they come back to haunt you. And Travis McGee owes his friend a big one for saving his life once upon a time. Now the friend s daughter, Linda Pidge Lewellen, needs help five time zones away in Hawaii before she sails off into the deep blue with a cold-blooded killer: her husband. John D. MacDonald is the all-time master of the American mystery novel. John Saul When treasure hunter Ted Lewellen saved his life in a bar fight, McGee could never have thought he d end up paying his rescuer back in such a way. But years later he finds himself headed to Hawaii at Ted s request to find out whether Pidge s husband really is trying to kill her, or if she s just losing her mind. Of course, once McGee arrives he can t help but give in to his baser instincts, and as his affair with Pidge gets under way, he doesn t find a single thing wrong. McGee chalks up Pidge s paranoia to simple anxiety, gives her a pep talk, and leaves for home blissfully happy. It s not until he s back in Lauderdale that he realizes he may have overlooked a clue or two. And Pidge might be in very serious danger. I envy generations of readers just discovering Travis McGee, and count myself among the many readers savoring his adventures again. Sue Grafton" Review Citations: Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 635 (EAN 9780812984064, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  MacDonald, John D John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pa, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. After war service in the Far East he wrote hundreds of stories for the pulps and over seventy novels, including the 21 in the Travis McGee sequence. Contributor Bio:  Petkoff, Robert Robert Petkoff has appeared on "Chappelle s Show", "Law & Order", and "Quantum Leap". His Broadway credits include Sir Robin in "Spamalot", Perchik in "Fiddler on the Roof", and Tateh in "Ragtime". He lives with his wife in New York City.