No longer wallowing in self-pity, McGee has more pressing concerns—like saving his own skin. Meyer stood blocking out a sizable piece of the deep blue sky. Are you willing to try to listen?” “All I know is my wife left me and she’s sleeping with you, McGee, and I’d like to see you dead.” “The woman I was with is about Mary’s height, and her figure is just as good, at least as good as Mary’s used to be. It started to make a nice steady wheeeeeeng, gouting dirty bilge water into the Bahia Mar yacht basin.

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2020. “Don’t give me such crap. an Introduction by Lee ChildWhen Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can’t help it: He has to ... End of the Tiger and Other Stories, a classic collection of short fiction from crime writer ... End of the Tiger and Other Stories, a classic collection of short fiction from crime writer . He tried to laugh. Clothes, lipstick, something.” “Harry. “You’ve got a visitor, Travis. I picked up his little automatic, released the catch and eased the slide forward and handed it to him.
I rolled to my right, knocked over a small table, fielded the chunky glass ashtray on the first bounce, rolled up onto my knees, and slung it underhand at his head as he came up out of the depths of the yellow couch. No such areas. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, From a beloved master of crime fiction, A Tan and Sandy Silence is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. It is full of rich and wonderful excitement. And some of the language in the book was off-putting, but considering that the book was written nearly 40 years ago, I'm not sur. He doesn't find her but another woman is impersonating her in Grenada. About being a writer, he once expressed with gleeful astonishment, “They pay me to do this!
The rest of the novel involves McGee's search for Mary. The plot begins with Harry Broll, husband of McGee's longtime friend Mary, shows up at his houseboat The Busted Flush with a gun, threatening McGee and accusing him of hiding Mary aboard. Great for a vacation, or a rainy weekend. I went back in. The title phase, "A Tan and Sandy Silence" is not mentioned verbatim in the book. You went over to the Parkway and turned south toward Miami, and he came back, and he phoned me about it.” “Are you willing to listen a minute? And I was slouched deep in a chair facing him, just a little too far away to try to kick his wrist. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2015. Travis McGee remains one of my favorite series of all time--great pleasure reading, and it's not hard to see why so many major crime writers love this series. Bright, healthy, energetic, competent. The thing is, McGee hasn’t seen or heard from Mary Broll in three years, and it isn’t like her to keep troubles to herself—if she’s alive to tell them. Thankfully, the best thing about beach condos is there is almost always a shelf of second hand books for guests to peruse. And tell her to please get in touch with me so we can talk.” “Hold it!

You’ve got a lot of friends. All I ever wanted was to touch readers as powerfully as John D. MacDonald touched me. You did.” “Tell her to call the office.

Signed at Bouchercon XIV where John MacDonald was the guest of honor. Broll given zoning board exception. Please try again.

McGee’s search for Mary takes him to Grenada, where he’s soon tangling with con artists and terrifying French killers, not to mention a slew of mixed motives. My left heel went numb. I made tall careful steps into the galley, made a new drink. Excellent in areas requiring ritual. Like the earlier books, there is plenty of philosophizing, jabs at the human condition and modern life, but in this one there seems to be a more existential focus, with a middle portion that really has McGee struggling with all. “I couldn’t deprive you of the pleasure. I skipped page after page just trying to follow the plot to the end. Signed on the title page: "For Barbara John D. MacDonald 21 Oct '83". “Broll, come with me. He’s getting older, Lady Jillian Brent-Archer is trying to make him settle down, and he’s just been shot without fair warning. “Now cheer,” I said.