Vintage Lot of 3 TRAVIS McGEE PB By John D MacDonald

Description: All books listed are from my personal collection acquired over 60 years.For Sale:Vintage - Lot of 3 TRAVIS McGEE PB Novels By John D MacDonald1). The Scarlet RuseFirst published in paperback in 1973, this is non-vintage but very drinkable MacDonald—as Travis McGee does his sidekick Meyer a favor by coming to the assistance of Hersh Felderman, an elderly Miami stamp dealer. Felderman has been conned by a sleek mobster in league with Felderman's assistant, Junoesque brunette Mary Alice McDermit (who has a shady past and a short-lived magnetism for McGee); and then Jane Lawson, Felderman's other assistant, is found murdered in her ransacked apartment. Can McGee sort out the motivations (lots of lust and greed), catch the killer, retrieve Felderman's fortune, and keep himself (and Meyer) alive all the while? Need you ask? The plotting here is absolutely dandy, as are the seedily rounded characters; the primary catch is the MacDonald preaching on life values—which has happily become implicit (rather than, as here, hortatory) in recent McGees. Still, MacDonald is MacDonald, and that means top tension and fine detail—qualities that surely deserve hard-cover preservation.2). Deadly WelcomeIn "Deadly Welcome", a State Department employee is tasked with persuading a troubled scientist to return to Washington D.C. to work on a secret military project. The story is one of John D. MacDonald’s most labored narratives.3). A Flash of Green"A Flash of Green" tells the gripping story of small-town corruption and two people brave enough to fight back, featuring many of the themes John D. MacDonald explored better than anyone in his legendary career as a leading crime novelist. The opportunists have taken over Palm City. Silent and deadly, like the snakes that infest the nearby swamps, they lay hidden from view, waiting for the right moment to strike. Political subterfuge has already eased the residents toward selling out. All that's left now is to silence a few stubborn holdouts.James Wing is only trying to help a friend's widow. At least that's what he tells himself after warning Kat Hubble that the beautiful bay she and her neighbors have struggled to save is going to be sold to developers. He knows that he shouldn't have told her anything. He's a reporter, trained to reveal nothing. But he's falling in love with her. Now cutthroats have set their sights on Kat—and they'll do anything, use anyone, to stop her from interfering in their plans. Because of the increased number of lost pieces of mail this year, shipping cost includes shipping insurance.

Price: 18 USD

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-27T03:01:51.000Z

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