Bright Orange for the Shroud, Paperback

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From a beloved master of crime fiction, Bright Orange for the Shroud is one of many classic novels featuring Travis Mc Gee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Travis Mc Gee 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, Mc Gee will have to penetrate the Everglades and the mind of a violently twisted grifter. John D. Mac Donald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller. Stephen King Mc Gee 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 took her only a year to leave Arthur bankrupt and broken. But what starts out as a simple job turns into a dangerous situation when Mc Gee 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 Mc Gee s life. Features a new Introduction by Lee Child