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Title: The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0-449-22479-1 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Trav the Avenger
Comment: Travis McGee is visited late one night by a girl he knew years ago. She appears concerned for here safety, not allowing McGee to turn any lights on and continually checking over her shoulder as if someone might be following her. It turns out she is carrying a large sum of money that she asks McGee to hide for her. She adds to the intrigue by instructing him that should anything happen to her, he was to get in touch with her sister and give the money to her.
Inevitably she is killed a week later prompting McGee to take The Busted Flush and his neighbour and regular party fiend, Meyer south to Bayside to try to find out what happened to her.
What he and Meyer stumble into is an amateur marijuana smuggling racket that is starting to get out of hand. While McGee is stirring the hornets nest bodies begin to pile up at an alarming rate. He plays the avenging white knight to perfection here without becoming overly sentimental or judgemental; he simply does what he has to do, taking his bruises in the process.
The inclusion of his fellow Lauderdale resident and party buddy on this particular caper adds a nice balance to Travis' usual introspection. They each bounce their deep philosophies off the other keeping both each other and us amused. A fast moving Travis McGee is a good Travis McGee and this one certainly zips by with alacrity.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lucky 13th for Travis
Comment: "Dreadful Lemon Sky," MacDonald's 13th in the Travis McGee series, is vintage McGee. I would put it right up there with the best of them, "Green Ripper" and "Bright Orange Shroud." It boggles my mind that MacDonald could write the abominable loser "Turquoise Lament" in 1973, and turn around and write this sparkling gem in 1974.
Carrie, a blast from the past, pays McGee a surprise visit aboard the Busted Flush with a suitcase full of suspicious money. She asks him to keep it safe for her, keep a $10,000 "fee," and if she does not return for it in two weeks, send it to her sister. Two weeks later and no Carrie; McGee goes out to earn his fee. Carrie has died in a car "accident." McGee mounts his white horse and vows vengeance for the lady. He finds drugs, danger, more action than even he bargained for, and meets a load of fascinating (if not righteous) characters. He discovers an all too happy singles only apartment complex apparently fueled by marijuana and presided over by a Big Daddy who is the benevolent landlord. A mysterious newly widowed Cindy Birdsong plays his Bond girl role, if somewhat diffidently. The locale is all Florida, purely Florida.
"Dreadful Lemon Sky" is superbly plotted with a surprising number of twists and turns for a MacDonald book. The character vignettes are sharp and right on the money. This is a Travis McGee not to be missed.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great introduction to the legendary Travis McGee series.
Comment: This happened to be the first novel of the Travis McGee series I read, back in the 80's, and I was instantly hooked. I grew up in Florida, and McDonald, as every reader familiar with Florida notices, knew the state intimately and paints that strange place with a master's touch. Travis McGee is probably the most perfectly realized character in series fiction, but what really grabbed me about this novel was the ultra-frightening villain. In fact, I think McDonald's greatest talent was the invention and development of his horrifying bad guys.
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Title: The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224805 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Scarlet Ruse by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224775 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Turquoise Lament by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224783 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224813 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Cinnamon Skin by John D. MacDonald ISBN: 0449224848 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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