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  • A Purple Place for Dying

  • A Travis McGee Novel, Book 3
  • By: John D. MacDonald
  • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
  • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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A Purple Place for Dying

By: John D. MacDonald
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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A Purple Place for Dying finds Travis McGee witness to a murder he can't prove and a kidnapping nobody wants to believe. McGee becomes a pawn between a wealthy Southwestern patriarch, the law, and a mysterious gang bent on insurance fraud. Just the kind of thing McGee revels in!
©1964 John D. MacDonald Publishing, Inc. Renewal © 1992 Maynard MacDonald (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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One of those books you can't put down

100% Travis Magee at his best. Jack Reacher in shorts. He just gets better and better.

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Dated

I read this book a long time ago but it hasn't aged well. Long, boring text and dated in its outlook. I wouldn't recommend sadly.

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