The Turquoise Lament: A Travis McGee Novel

ISBN: 0812984064

Author: MacDonald, John D.

Condition: New

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Turquoise Lament is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.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 friends 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.The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.-Jonathan KellermanWhen treasure hunter Ted Lewellen saved his life in a bar fight, McGee could never have thought hed end up paying his rescuer back in such a way. But years later he finds himself headed to Hawaii at Teds request to find out whether Pidges husband really is trying to kill her, or if shes just losing her mind.Of course, once McGee arrives he cant help but give in to his baser instincts, and as his affair with Pidge gets underway, he cant find a single thing wrong. McGee chalks up Pidges paranoia to simple anxiety, gives her a pep talk, and leaves for home blissfully happy. Its not until hes back in Lauderdale that he realizes he may have overlooked a clue or two. And Pidge might be in very serious danger.Features a new Introduction by Lee Child