‘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. The funny thing about favours: sometimes they come back to haunt you. And Travis Mc Gee owes a friend a big one. Little surprise that he finds himself on a trip to Hawaii to help out his friend s daughter, who is convinced her husband is trying to kill her. But Travis can t find a single thing wrong and puts her paranoia down to simple anxiety. It s not until he s back home that he realises he may have overlooked a clue or two. And that she might be in very real danger . . .First published in 1973, The Turquoise Lament 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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