A Purple Place for Dying (Travis McGee, No. 3)
by John D. MacDonald
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Author: John D. MacDonaldEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-05-27
ISBN: 0449224384
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Reviews of A Purple Place for Dying (Travis McGee, No. 3)
Book Review: No purple prose here
Summary: 5 Stars
For a series that focuses on a Florida-based hero, through the first three Travis McGee books, only the first book - The Deep Blue Good-By - takes place in the Sunshine State. Nightmare in Pink had McGee off to New York to deal with the perils of the big city. A Purple Place for Dying goes in the opposite direction, with the dangers of a small, isolated community.
As the novel opens, McGee has come to the Southwestern town of Esmerelda at the request of Mona Yeoman. Mona is a troubled lady who wants out of her marriage with her husband Jasper, a wealthy man who owns half the town. He doesn't want a divorce and she can't run away: Jasper has apparently stolen her inheritance. She wants McGee to get it back, but before he can turn her down, she's murdered by a sniper.
McGee calls in the cops, but by the time they get to the scene of the crime, the body's gone. The most likely suspect would be Jasper, but McGee believes the man is innocent. Furthermore, unlike with Mona, Jasper and McGee actually get along. Although the wise thing might be to go back to Florida, McGee hates loose ends, and that means doing his part to prove Mona's dead, find the killer and figure out the reason why she was killed. In addition, Mona's lover John Webb is also missing (and presumed dead) and McGee goes to the aid of John's sister, Isobel. As is often the case in these men's-fiction novels, Isobel is beautiful, damaged and capable of being healed by the love of a good man.
Despite the lack of a Florida setting, A Purple Place for Dying is another fine book by John MacDonald. MacDonald was never much for whodunits, but this book comes reasonably close: you might not be able to figure out the killer before McGee, but that's not really necessary: this is still an entertaining, fast-paced read by one of the greatest storytellers of his time.
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