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Pale Grey for Guilt: Introduction by Lee Child

Pale Grey for Guilt: Introduction by Lee Child

  • Travis McGee, No.9

Travis McGee 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.

News reaches Travis McGee that Tush, an old football buddy of his, has committed suicide. But Travis suspects foul play. Tush had just discovered that his small plot of land was sat right in the middle of a highly profitable parcel of riverfront acres. Certain big-time movers and shakers had badly wanted him out of the way.

But proving it suddenly looks a lot more difficult when Travis discovers a note from Tush’s wife saying she was leaving him. Travis must work fast to uncover the truth if he’s going to save what’s left of his friend’s family . . .

JOHN D. MACDONALD: A GRAND MASTER CRIME WRITER

Reviews

  • The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller

    Stephen King

  • A dominant influence on writers crafting the continuing series character . . . I envy the generation of readers just discovering Travis McGee

    Sue Grafton

  • The consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer . . . The Travis McGee 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. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field

    Mary Higgins Clark

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About the Author

John D MacDonald

John D. MacDonald was an American novelist and short-story writer. His works include the highly influential and iconic Travis McGee series and the novel The Executioners, which was adapted into the film Cape Fear. In 1972, MacDonald was given The Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America; in 1980, he won a National Book Award for the Travis McGee title The Green Ripper. In print, he delighted in smashing the bad guys, deflating the pompous, and exposing the venal. In life, he was a truly empathic man; his friends, family, and colleagues found him to be loyal, generous, and practical. In business, he was fastidiously ethical. About being a writer, he once expressed with gleeful astonishment, 'They pay me to do this! They don’t realize, I would pay them.' He spent the later part of his life in Florida with his wife and son, and died in 1986.

John D MacDonald

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