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"McGee has become part of our national fabric."

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A lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee's headlights. McGee misses the girl but lands in ten feet of swamp water. As he's limping along the deserted road, someone in an old truck takes a few shots at him. And, when he goes to the local sheriff to complain, the intrepid Travis McGee finds himself arrested and charged with murder. And he can't help but ask himself, is this what they call southern hospitality...?

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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. Reissue. .

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Cool mystery, Juil 12 2004

Par	"harrylyons5p" (Brooklyn, NY) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Long Lavender Look (Mass Market Paperback)

John D. MacDonald's mysteries are as tasty as the hamburgers of the same name! I love all the Magee books!

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Probably one of the top three McGees, Juil 8 2004

Par	Clare Quilty (a little pad in hawaii) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Long Lavender Look (Mass Market Paperback)

Early every summer, I knock back one McGee mystery before July and, try as I might to resist, I usually end up reading at least one or two more by the time fall arrives. I have Hemingway that's unread; I have Mailer and Faulkner that continually remains uncracked; and I've been meaning to tackle "The Corrections" forfreakingever. And yet... I can't help it, there's something about sun-bleached days and cricket-filled nights that lends itself incredibly well to this series.

This is definitely one of the best of the McGee adventures. Trav and Meyer run afoul of backwoods law enforcement and McGee spends the rest of the book stripping away layers of vicious, small-town corruption with the admirable ease of a man peeling a banana.

All the great MacDonald hallmarks are here: there's a surprising amount of eroticism, several tense face-offs and twists and turns, some slick legal manuvering, a couple of pretty scary discoveries and a cast of cool characters: the top-heavy, man-hungry waitress Betty; a pill-popping psycho with a badge and a prostitution ring; and, best of all, a crazed, superhumanly strong, swamp-bred superbabe who likes to lift up Pintos and coo in womens' ears when she's torturing them. Added to which is a great ending, plus a nice vacation from the nautical details and dense business technicalities which are staples of the series but which, as proven here, don't have to be on full display every time around.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 A top notch Travis McGee tale, Janv. 12 2003

Par	J. Mullin (Plantation, FL USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

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Aside from the first Travis McGee story, this (the 11th in the series) may be the best. Here Travis and his buddy Meyer are driving on a remote road through the south Florida Everglades returning from a friend's duaghter's wedding, when trouble erupts. A girl runs across the desolate road, causing McGee to swerve and rollover into the swamp, and before McGee has gathered his wits he and Meyer are being shot at, and ultimately locked up and charged with murder.

The local sheriff, a "by the book" lawman with a history of deep personal loss, lets McGee out of prison while he investigates the case, confining McGee to the local county. Before we know it, McGee is bedding down a lonely but optimistic waitress, uncovering secrets about this sleepy little Everglades town including a call girl ring.

McGee is confident and clever, but there is a sense of vulnerability about him that is refreshing for a mystery series since you sense that he realizes the trouble he is in, as the bodies start piling up. I also thought some of the minor characters in the book, including the waitress Betsy Kapp and the evil Lilo, were very skillfully drawn. Without giving away any of the story, let me just say there were a handful of great twists and turns in the plot, with MacDonald building the suspense nicely. This is not War and Peace, but I give it 5 stars as one of the better mystery novels I have read in awhile.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 incredibly re-readable
I'm constantly amazed at the hold that MacDonald asserts over me as a reader, certainly with this character. Read more

Publi� le Sep 6 2002 par Glen Engel Cox

5.0�toiles sur 5 Beware of the everglades
Take a night drive on a lonely highway in the everglades, and your life turns upside down when you swerve to miss a girl running across the road. Read more

Publi� le Mai 9 2002 par Paul Skinner

5.0�toiles sur 5 Travis in Faulkner Country
MacDonald has fully hit his stride in this 11th outing with Travis McGee. "Long Lavender Look" is vintage, deep-south McGee with a strong plot matching the depth of... Read more

Publi� le Avril 7 2002 par sweetmolly

5.0�toiles sur 5 Riveting Story Telling!
I have read all the T McGee books, and I still think this one has the most startling murder scene decription I have ever read. Read more

Publi� le Oct. 20 1999