"To diggers a thousand yeasrs from now...the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
How to you extort $600,000 from a dying man? Someone had done it very quietly and skilfully to the husband of Travis McGee's ex-girlfriend.[...]

From a beloved master of crime fiction, "The Turquoise Lament" is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
Funny thing about favors. Sometimes they come back to haunt you. And Travis McGee owes his friend a big one for saving his lif[...]

How far would you go to save your family? In John D. MacDonald's iconic masterwork of suspense, the inspiration for not one but two Hollywood hits, a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal--and with the authorities powerless to protect them, they must take the law into their own h[...]

A television star wilting under the limelight. An adman with a stiff upper lip. A rising New York artist. A desperate housewife. All are victims of a cruel puppet master--and one of them is a killer.
Introduction by Dean Koontz
The head of a global cosmetics empire, Wilma Ferris became a sel[...]

This dark psychological thriller was first published in 1957 as THE EXECUTIONERS. First filmed as CAPE FEAR in 1962, it was subsequently turned into a movie by Martin Scorsese in 1991, starring Robert De Niro as convicted rapist Max Cady, who stalks the family of his defence lawyer after discovering[...]

?As a young writer, all I ever wanted was to touch readers as powerfully as John D. MacDonald touched me.? ? Dean Koontz Travis McGee is unnerved when he receives an unexpected guest ? real estate developer Harry Broll, who is convinced that McGee is hiding his missing wife. Angry and jealous, Harry[...]

?As a young writer, all I ever wanted was to touch readers as powerfully as John D. MacDonald touched me.? ? Dean Koontz Travis McGee has luck to thank for his reputation as a first-rate salvager of stolen boats. Now Billy Ingraham, a self-made tycoon, is betting that McGee can locate his $700,000 c[...]

From a beloved master of crime fiction, "The Dreadful Lemon Sky" is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Around four in the morning, Travis McGee is jarred awake by a breathless ghost from his past: an old flame who needs a place to s[...]

The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author. Jonathan Kellerman Funny thing about favors. Sometimes they come back to haunt you. And Travis McGee owes his friend a big one for saving his life once upon a time. Now the friend s daughter, Linda Pidge[...]