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“John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.” ―Stephen King
Travis McGee is looking forward to a “slob summer,” spending his days as far away from danger as possible. But trouble has a way of finding him, no matter where he hides. An old friend, conned out of his life savings by his ex-wife, has tracked him down and is desperate for help. To get the money back and earn his usual fee, McGee will have to penetrate the Everglades―and the mind of a violently twisted grifter.
“John D. MacDonald was a writer way ahead of his time, and his Travis McGee books are as entertaining, insightful, and suspenseful today as the moment I first read them.” ―John Saul
McGee has never seen a man so changed by one year of life. Arthur Wilkinson had been an amiable and decent young man looking to invest some of his considerable inheritance in a marina enterprise. Then a pretty blonde named Wilma Ferner showed up. She was soon Mrs. Wilkinson, and it only took her a year to leave Arthur bankrupt and broken.
But what starts out as a simple job turns into a dangerous situation when McGee comes face-to-face with a quick-thinking and quicker-fisted foe in the Florida swamps. Now Arthur’s fortune isn’t the only thing on the line: this job may mean McGee’s life.
“To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.” ―Kurt Vonnegut
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Read by Darren McGavin
" . . . what a joy that these timeless and treasured novels are available again."
-Ed McBain
" . . . on of the great sagas in American fiction."
-Robert B. Parker
" . . . the consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer."
-Jonathan Kellerman
Travis things he's in for a quiet summer until a walking zombie of a man, Arthur Wilkinson, stumbles aboard The Busted Flush. He's the latest victim of a fragile looking blond sexpot who uses the blackest arts of love to lure unsuspecting suckers into a web of sordid schemes., Gone, suddenly, are the lazy, hazy days of summer as Travis becomes embroiled in one of the most dangerous, dirties cases of his career.
Read by Darren McGavin
" . . . what a joy that these timeless and treasured novels are available again."
-Ed McBain
" . . . on of the great sagas in American fiction."
-Robert B. Parker
" . . . the consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer."
-Jonathan Kellerman
Travis things he's in for a quiet summer until a walking zombie of a man, Arthur Wilkinson, stumbles aboard The Busted Flush. He's the latest victim of a fragile looking blond sexpot who uses the blackest arts of love to lure unsuspecting suckers into a web of sordid schemes., Gone, suddenly, are the lazy, hazy days of summer as Travis becomes embroiled in one of the most dangerous, dirties cases of his career.
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- PublisherRobert Hale
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 070912533X
- ISBN 13 9780709125334
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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