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" Travis McGee is always knee deep in a mystery! This time, the mystery arrives in the middle of the night, while he is asleep on his houseboat, The Busted Flush. Carrie Milligan, an old friend, looks beat down, tired, and out of breath. She brings with her a large sum of money. She offers McGee $10,000 of it to keep the rest hidden; no questions asked. McGee doesn't deal well with a "no questions asked" policy, so he does a little investigative work to answer his un-asked questions. Carrie doesn't give much information away, and leaves the next morning. Her only instructions are to wait to hear from her, or else get the money to her sister.
Two weeks later, McGee's friend Meyer brings him news that Carrie is dead. The two men hop on The Busted Flush and Bayside, Florida to find out what happened to her. They make friends at the marina they dock at, and make their way through town questioning Carrie's former boss and friends. McGee gets on well with the marina owner, Mrs. Birdsong, but has difficulties with Carrie (and everyone else's) lawyer, Mr. Van Harn. Van Harn's soon-to-be political career is endangered by McGee's questions, and Van Harn and the local judge Schermer want McGee out of town, fast!
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Jennifer Sexton, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of investigator
- amateur citizen investigator
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- searching for $$$/treasure
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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