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The Scarlet Ruse - John D. MacDonald & Lee Child

By John D. MacDonald & Lee Child

Release Date: 1983-08-12

Genre: Hard-Boiled Mysteries

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From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Scarlet Ruse is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
 
Travis McGeeā€™s getting lazy. Drinking Boodles on the Busted Flush has become a full-time job. But when he hears that six figuresā€™ worth of rare stamps have wandered off, McGee finds himself back in the salvage business. To deliver on this case, McGee will have to be suspicious of everyone he meetsā€”because what heā€™s looking for is property of the mob.
 
ā€œThe Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.ā€ā€”Jonathan Kellerman
 
Hirsh Fedderman has misplaced an extremely valuable commodity: the stamp collection of mobster Frank Sprenger. Assessed at around four hundred thousand dollars, these are no ordinary stamps, and Sprengerā€™s no ordinary collector: Heā€™s liable to break some fingers if he doesnā€™t get what heā€™s owed.
 
Lucky for Hirsh, heā€™s got a friend in Travis McGee. Soon McGee is hot on the trail of the missing collectionā€”not to mention hot for a voluptuous stamp expert by the name of Mary Alice. Only itā€™s not McGeeā€™s heart thatā€™s in danger. He soon realizes that heā€™s run afoul of a vicious syndicate, and neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night will keep them from collecting McGeeā€™s head.

Features a new Introduction by Lee Child

The Scarlet Ruse - John D. MacDonald & Lee Child

By John D. MacDonald & Lee Child

Release Date: 1983-08-12

Genre: Hard-Boiled Mysteries

4 (142 ratings)
Read Download
From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Scarlet Ruse is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
 
Travis McGeeā€™s getting lazy. Drinking Boodles on the Busted Flush has become a full-time job. But when he hears that six figuresā€™ worth of rare stamps have wandered off, McGee finds himself back in the salvage business. To deliver on this case, McGee will have to be suspicious of everyone he meetsā€”because what heā€™s looking for is property of the mob.
 
ā€œThe Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.ā€ā€”Jonathan Kellerman
 
Hirsh Fedderman has misplaced an extremely valuable commodity: the stamp collection of mobster Frank Sprenger. Assessed at around four hundred thousand dollars, these are no ordinary stamps, and Sprengerā€™s no ordinary collector: Heā€™s liable to break some fingers if he doesnā€™t get what heā€™s owed.
 
Lucky for Hirsh, heā€™s got a friend in Travis McGee. Soon McGee is hot on the trail of the missing collectionā€”not to mention hot for a voluptuous stamp expert by the name of Mary Alice. Only itā€™s not McGeeā€™s heart thatā€™s in danger. He soon realizes that heā€™s run afoul of a vicious syndicate, and neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night will keep them from collecting McGeeā€™s head.

Features a new Introduction by Lee Child

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