From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
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He had done a big favor for her husband, then for the lady herself. Now she’s dead, and Travis McGee finds that Helena Pearson Trescott had one last request of him: to find out why her beautiful daughter Maureen keeps trying to kill herself. But what can a devil-may-care beach bum do for a young troubled mind?
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“The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.â€â€”Jonathan Kellerman
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McGee makes his way to the prosperous town of Fort Courtney, Florida, where he realizes pretty quickly that something’s just not right. Not only has Maureen’s doctor killed herself, but a string of murders and suicides are piling up—and no one seems to have any answers.
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Just when it seems that things can’t get any stranger, McGee becomes the lead suspect in the murder of a local nurse. As if Maureen didn’t have enough problems, the man on a mission to save her will have to save himself first—before time runs out.
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Features a new Introduction by Lee Child
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper: A Travis McGee Novel
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Book Details
Author(s)John D. MacDonald
PublisherRandom House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN / ASIN0812984013
ISBN-139780812984019
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank457,920
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸