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THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY<\/a> by John D. MacDonald<\/p>\n First sentences…<\/p>\n I was in deep sleep, alone aboard my houseboat, alone in a half acre of bed, alone in a sweaty dream of chase, fear, and monstrous predators.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n At 4am, Travis McGee is awakened from dark dreams by someone climbing aboard his boat, The Busted Flush<\/em>.\u00a0 The intruder is Carrie Milligan, a former lover.\u00a0 She’s scared, but won’t say why.\u00a0 The only thing she brought with her is a suitcase.\u00a0 A suitcase full of cash.<\/p>\n Carrie asks Travis to hold the suitcase.\u00a0 If she doesn’t return in two weeks, Travis is to give the cash to Carrie’s sister.\u00a0 Travis can keep ten grand for his troubles.\u00a0 Travis agrees.<\/p>\n Two weeks pass.\u00a0 Carrie doesn’t return.\u00a0 Then Travis learns she was killed in an auto accident in the small coastal town of Bayside.\u00a0 Travis decides to look into Carrie’s death.\u00a0 It’s too coincidental that she was killed during a time she was worried she might not return to claim the suitcase.<\/p>\n Travis goes to Bayside and starts digging into Carrie’s last hours.\u00a0 Clues lead him to an apartment complex managed by a wanna-be tough guy everyone calls Big Daddy<\/em>.\u00a0 Travis also meets a lawyer and judge who warn Travis about sticking his nose in unwanted places.<\/p>\n Travis keeps digging.\u00a0 The people behind Carrie’s murder have too much at stake to let a beach bum like Travis McGee screw things up.\u00a0 They plan to fix that.<\/p>\n +++<\/p>\n THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY is the sixteenth of 21 Travis McGee novels.<\/p>\n In 1972, John D. MacDonald was named a grandmaster<\/em> of the Mystery Writers of America.\u00a0 MacDonald is best known for his Travis McGee novels as well as a standalone thriller (THE EXECUTIONERS<\/a>) that was retitled Cape Fear<\/em> when adapted into a movie (twice).<\/p>\n\n
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