John D MacDonald 
Dreadful Lemon Sky: Introduction by Lee Child [EPUB ebook] 
Travis McGee, No.16

‚Mac Donald had a huge influence on me . . . Reacher is like a fully detached version of Travis Mc Gee‘ LEE CHILD Travis Mc Gee isn t your typical knight in shining armour. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: He ll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.Around four in the morning, Travis Mc Gee is jarred awake by a ghost from his past: an old flame who needs a place to stash a package full of cash. He agrees to help. Two weeks later she s dead.Left with a hundred grand and a nagging conscience, Travis goes to a seedy little town to look into Carrie s previous life. But what Travis finds only pushes him further into the corrupt world she was trying to escape . . .First published in 1975, The Dreadful Lemon Sky features an introduction by Lee Child JOHN D. MACDONALD: A GRAND MASTER CRIME WRITER ‚The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller‘ – Stephen King ‚Travis Mc Gee is my favourite fiction detective. He s great because he has a philosophical side he will fight a bunch of mobsters in a car park and then have a muse about life, the universe and everything‘ – Tony Parsons’A dominant influence on writers crafting the continuing series character . . . I envy the generation of readers just discovering Travis Mc Gee‘ – Sue Grafton’The consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer . . . The Travis Mc Gee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author and they retain a remarkable sense of freshness‘ – Jonathan Kellerman ‚. . . my favorite novelist of all time‘ – Dean Koontz ‚A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. Mac Donald is a shining example for all of us in the field‘ – Mary Higgins Clark ‚What a joy that these timeless and treasured novels are available again‘ – Ed Mc Bain ‚There s only one thing as good as reading a John D. Mac Donald novel: reading it again . . . He is the all-time master of the American mystery novel‘ – John Saul