‘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. In the Florida Keys, a houseboat explodes in a giant white flash, instantly killing those on board. The boat belonged to Travis Mc Gee s friend Meyer. But it s not Meyer who s dead he d lent it to his just-married niece, Norma, and her husband, hoping to give them the perfect honeymoon. When a group of Colombian terrorists take responsibility for the brutal act, Meyer and Mc Gee travel to Mexico to seek justice. And Meyer, normally content in Mc Gee s shadow, is determined to avenge the one family member he had left . . . or die trying. First published in 1982, Cinnamon Skin 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
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