{"product_id":"a-deadly-shade-of-gold-a-travis-mcgee-novel-9780812983968","title":"A Deadly Shade of Gold: A Travis McGee Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.\"--Stephen King \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an Introduction by Lee Child \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can't help it: He has to meddle. Especially when he has the chance to reunite Sam Taggart, a reckless, restless man like himself, with the woman who's still waiting for him. But what begins as a simple matchmaking scheme soon becomes a bloody chase that takes McGee to Mexico, a beautiful country from which he hopes to return alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeception. Betrayal. Heartbreak. When Sam left his girlfriend, Nora, and vanished from Fort Lauderdale, no one was surprised. But when he shows up three years later lying in a pool of his own blood, people start to ask questions. And his old friend Travis McGee is left to find answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut all he has to go on are a gold Aztec idol and a very angry ex-girlfriend. Is that enough to find his friend's killer? And when the truth is as terrifying as this, does he really want answers after all? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Deadly Shade of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Travis McGee is the last of the great knights-errant: honorable, sensual, skillful, and tough. I can't think of anyone who has replaced him. I can't think of anyone who would dare.\"\u003cb\u003e--Donald Westlake \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field.\"\u003cb\u003e--Mary Higgins Clark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn D. MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e was an American novelist and short-story writer. His works include the Travis McGee series and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Executioners, \u003c\/i\u003e which was adapted into the film \u003ci\u003eCape Fear\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1962 MacDonald was named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America; in 1980, he won a National Book Award. In print he delighted in smashing the bad guys, deflating the pompous, and exposing the venal. In life, he was a truly empathetic man; his friends, family, and colleagues found him to be loyal, generous, and practical. In business, he was fastidiously ethical. About being a writer, he once expressed with gleeful astonishment, \"They pay me to do this! They don't realize, I would pay them.\" He spent the later part of his life in Florida with his wife and son. He died in 1986.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503916814610,"sku":"9780812983968","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a14e6449-8930-48e9-9a4a-0466330c65c0.jpg?v=1730804360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-deadly-shade-of-gold-a-travis-mcgee-novel-9780812983968","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}