Dreadful Lemon Sky ebook

by John D. MacDonald

The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975) is the sixteenth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. It is the 87th novel in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time as compiled by the Mystery Writers of America (it is not included in the .

The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975) is the sixteenth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. version of the list). Carrie, an old friend of the hero, Travis McGee, arrives at his houseboat, the Busted Flush. She has a suitcase full of suspicious money

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The wide bay was glassy calm, the outlying headlands misted, looking farther away than they were illigan had once lived. A narrow wooden dock extended twenty feet into the bay. It was still solid, just beginning to lean. It was good, I guessed, for another couple of years. Two old skiffs were high on the beach, overturned, nosing into the sea grapes. Jason sat on the end of one of the skiffs. He wore a white shirt and white trousers.

Then I turned on a light, the reading lamp over the bed which makes a bright round pattern on a book and leaves the rest of the room in darkness.

John D MacDonald - Travis McGee 16 - The Dreadful Lemon Sky, page 1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. John D MacDonald - Travis McGee 16 - The Dreadful Lemon Sky. For each true friend of Travis McGee. Then I turned on a light, the reading lamp over the bed which makes a bright round pattern on a book and leaves the rest of the room in darkness. It shone on the wrinkled sheets of recent dreams and bounced off, illuminating her in soft light. She had hugged me with one arm because she held a package and her purse in the other.

The Dreadful Lemon Sky Mass Market Paperback – October 12, 1982. Bored one day a few years later I tried the last McGee book MacDonald wrote The Lonely Silver Rain and found MacDonald was just as satisfying but less critical or maybe it was just me who had grown up. by. John D. MacDonald (Author). Then I tried The Green Ripper and it too showed a less judgmental MacDonald. Deciding that he had changed somewhere along the way I decided working my way backwards would be the safest bet and tried 16(1975), The Dreadful Lemon Sky,and again I found it to be an excellent read.

The Dreadful Lemon Sky Hardcover – 1975. MacDonald has always been a consummate writer and in his later years before he died in 1986 he seemed to have worked through enough of his demons that he treated the world and his characters with more compassion. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central. Book 16 of 21 in the Travis McGee Series.

The Dreadful Lemon Sky. Annotation. Author: John D. The Dreadful Lemon Sky1. PEDESTRIAN FATALITY4.

In The Dreadful Lemon Sky McGee is given a large amount of money by a seemingly desperate old acquaintance with instructions to pass it on to her. MacDonald was an American novelist and short-story writer. His works include the Travis McGee series and the novel The Executioners, which was adapted into the film Cape Fear. 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.

The Dreadful Lemon Sky. Travis McGee Book 16 John D. Then I turned on a light, the reading lamp over the bed which makes a bright round pattern on a book and leaves the rest of the room in darkness

The Dreadful Lemon Sky. Life is not a spectacle of a feast, it is a predicament.

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The Dreadful Lemon Sky book. The professional's professional of suspense writers . Here we have the young girl mixed up in a caper, a box o' cash, a houseboat, lowlifes, an attorney criminal, women with tans, long legs and brains, and a dogged beach bum with nothing but time and an inquisitive mind.

Vosho

I fell in love with the Travis McGee series when I was a kid, reading them as they came out. Lost my early copies as I moved around. Later in life I replaced and reread them, kept moving and left them behind again at another place. As an old man a few years ago I decided to buy the series on my Kindle as a Christmas treat for myself. Starting at the beginning with #1(1964), The Deep Blue Goodbye I was underwhelmed and by the time I was part way through #6(1965), Bright Orange for the Shroud I found myself put off by how harshly MacDonald treated his minor characters,and by the way he criticized everything from vegetarians to yoga(disclaimer-I'm partial to both). I stopped reading the series in the middle of the book. Bored one day a few years later I tried the last McGee book MacDonald wrote #21(1985), The Lonely Silver Rain and found MacDonald was just as satisfying but less critical or maybe it was just me who had grown up. Then I tried #18(1979), The Green Ripper and it too showed a less judgmental MacDonald. Deciding that he had changed somewhere along the way I decided working my way backwards would be the safest bet and tried # 16(1975), The Dreadful Lemon Sky,and again I found it to be an excellent read. John D. MacDonald has always been a consummate writer and in his later years before he died in 1986 he seemed to have worked through enough of his demons that he treated the world and his characters with more compassion. May we all do the same.

Brajind

I read all the Travis McGee mysteries a long, long time ago and knew them to be good, so this was a trip down memory lane. As most trips in that direction it was not the way I remembered them, but I am not the same either. It was a good solid story with plenty of suspense and it reflected the attitudes of the time. That being said I would recommend it, John D. McDonald was a premier author of th era.

Fast Lovebird

I'd heard a lot about the Travis McGee noveks, so I was looking forward to reading this. But honestly, I found the dialogue quite dry, although the story was ok...but not exactly original. I was glad to finish it. I'm sure there are some who would enjoy it more than I...

Silver Globol

This author is amazing. I chose this book initially from an online list of books that should be revisited as the author died in 1994. The book is wonderful. I read this in January and have since read two more books by this author. I will be purchasing more soon as I love his style and stories.

Hasirri

Well, I've been on a McGee re-reading binge lately. I enjoyed his stories back in the 70s, tho the preaching/lecturing kind of 'got' too me. Too much like my grumpy Dad ("You're born, you reproduce, you die!") philosophizing about Life. So I just skip those meandering sections where he talks about Human Nature being Basically Vile and all that. And fast-forward thru the rationalizations for Boinking Bimbos. Jeez, just have some fun, all right?

Minha

I have read all the Travis McGee novels at least twice. This us a great example of the genre that is pulp fiction. Twists and turns,mystery and action. You will want to further explore the anti-hero that is McGee.

Steamy Ibis

I love all of the Travis McGee books! I read them all when they were first published, but am now reading Ted Bell's "Hawke" series and loving those books. One of the recurring characters, Stokely Jones, and a friend have "a two man book club," and they are reading and discussing the Travis McGee books one by one. The most current one was/is The Dreadful Lemon Sky, so that made me nostalgic for old Travis. Have enjoyed it once again. Coincidentally, I also enjoy Randy Wayne White's books, and his two main characters (Doc Ford and Tomlinson) are reminiscent of Travis McGee and Meyer. Ted Bell and Randy W. White surely have read John D. MCDonald and have been influenced by him.

Loved the book!! But then again, I have not met a MacDonald story I did not like! The plot was very interesting and easily followed with a major turn of events towards the end of the story. His prose is filled with magic! I read Lemon Sky the way someone might relish an excellent meal! Eating it slowly and savoring the taste (in this case the structure of the prose).