About this title: In his 18th appearance ladykiller Travis McGee, finally loses his heart to a lovely lady named Gretel. But just as he begins to bear his soul, his confidant is gone. Killed by a mysterious illness, they say, but McGee doesn't believe it. Many women have come and gone from his houseboat, "The Busted Flush," but Gretel was special, and McGee won't give up until he learns the truth about her death.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780449143452ISBN:0449143457
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Great copy! Slightly tanned pages, spine creases & edge wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal, New York
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780449143452ISBN:0449143457
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, creases on spine, shelf wear to cover edges, aging, price written inside. 287 p.; 18 cm. "A Fawcett Gold Medal book. "--Verso t.p. read more
Edition: First Mass Market Paperback
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780449143452ISBN:0449143457
Description: Good. Size: 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall; read more
Description: Pages are clean and in good condition, some aging on the pages, no writing or highlighting on the inside book pages, average wear on the cover. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780449143452ISBN:0449143457
Description: Good. 0449143457 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780397013623ISBN:0397013620
Description: Good in Poor jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1979 Hard Cover. J. B. Lippincott-Publisher. 221 Pgs. No reader marks, Binding tight. Breen boards with gray over spine. Title in glit on spine. Front board with light tan area running across bottom area. DJ Poor with lots of soiling. Small hole along back spine edge and couple of smaller holes in back. read more
"McGee infiltrates a homegrown religious terrorist organization responsible for the love of his life's death. A little too Rambo towards the end, but a decent airport read."
"McGee has decided that maybe, at last, he's found the Real Thing with Gretel, but then she's ruthlessly murdered -- worse, he and Meyer discover this is just one of a long series of killings involved with the plans of anarchistic revolutionaries hiding behind the mask of a religious cult, the Church of the Apocrypha. Except that, of course, the revolutionaries are actually being run by far more sinister forces . . . In due course, McGee infiltrates one of their armed training camps, and after that it becomes a question of kill or be killed.
This is the most violent of the Travis McGee novels I can remember reading -- although it's been a long while since last I did so, so maybe the others have a similar body-count!"
"Written in the late Seventies it has interesting things to say today about Governmental power and terrorism. Travis McGee is the hero. He is a salvage man. His girlfriend is murdered in a way that makes it look like she was stung and got sick. On the same day her boss had a fake heart attack. McGree traces back some things she had said about funny things and ends up in part of cult."
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