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The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee, Bk 10)
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper - Travis McGee, Bk 10
Author: John D. MacDonald
There's nothing surer to attract Travis McGee than a beautiful woman in a jam. And this one is right up his alley -- rich and just a touch debauched. To help her out of a fix, Travis delves into the dirty dealings of a Florida town in his 10th mystery.
ISBN-13: 9780449142561
ISBN-10: 0449142566
Publication Date: 8/12/1981
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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DameEdna avatar reviewed The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee, Bk 10) on + 149 more book reviews
John D. MacDonald's fictional detective and all-around rake, Travis Magee is addicting. To read one of these novels is to crave them all.
reviewed The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee, Bk 10) on + 813 more book reviews
An interesting book by another underrated, lost, and almost forgotten novelist. This one is murder mystery in the vein of Mary Roberts Rinehart, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. One of the Travis McGee novels all titled to include a hue from the color spectrum. While it is a bit slow to set the background for the plot, it gets interesting once a crime is perceived. McGee, something other than a professional detective, has the qualities of a Sam Spade, or Philip Marlowe, bedding down the best of the dames (although not all of themhe does pass on some), but always with a more polished prose. The author, always the sociological sexologist, is up to tune. Not a shabby read for a quiet evening or two.
ruthanns avatar reviewed The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee, Bk 10) on + 10 more book reviews
Fun, but a bit dated in the cliched characters of tough guys and dames. The villain seems eerily familiar in the current day!
DameEdna avatar reviewed The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (Travis McGee, Bk 10) on + 149 more book reviews
There is nothing like the Travis McGee series. It still makes me sad that MacDonald has passed away and there will be no more! These books are also great to listen to on audiobook.


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