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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780449224380 ISBN: 0449224384 Label: Fawcett Manufacturer: Fawcett Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: May 27, 1995 Publisher: Fawcett Release Date: May 27, 1995 Studio: Fawcett Editorial Review: Product Description: MUST HAVE COPY.... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING USABLE ON COVER....MARKED BOTB. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A purple place for dyingReceived this item in excellent conditions and in a very timely matter. Thank you Rating:  - Far from the sea, its the southwest for McGeeI admire all of John D. MacDonald's work, and certainly the Travis McGee series was his most powerful creation. Few, if any, popular mysteries are of such high quality. Though this book is entertaining, and well crafted, it is not my favorite McGee. There are perhaps three reasons for this: 1) It follows the pattern of a standard mystery from the fifties or early sixties, and hence seems a bit derivative. I think MacDonald was experimenting with moving McGee away from his ... Read More Rating: - Excellent Detective StoryA Purple Place of Dying is the second novel by John D. MacDonald featuring Travis McGee. McGee has been summoned to the country by Mona Yeoman to try and force a divorce and financial settlement from her tycoon husband. McGee is not inclined to go for it but before the meeting ends, Yeoman takes a bullet to the spine and falls to the ground dead. Before long, the body has disappeared and Travis learns that everyone assumes the woman has run off with a college professor she's been having an affair ... Read More Rating: - Entertaining MysteryTravis McGee does it again, with attitude. These books are loads of fun and this one is no exception. I had it sort of figured out pretty early on, but enjoyed watching the whole thing unfold. These books are so funny with their 1960s male perspective, and I love the little details that MacDonald includes. Suspenseful, funny and a good read. Rating: - Great title, good book...A Purple Place for Dying is the third book in John MacDonald's Travis McGee series, and McGee comes upon his most troubling case yet. McGee is brought to the Midwest by a big, brassy, bossy Blonde who needs help. Mona Yeoman suspects that her husband has pilfered her trust fund, and she wants a divorce. McGee's job is to find out what happened to the money. McGee doesn't particularly like Yeoman, but is tempted to take the case because he needs the money. But before he even has a chance to say yes, ... Read More |
