The Turquoise Lament

Private Investigator Mysteries

Author: John D. MacDonald

“One of the most enduring and unusual heroes in detective fiction.”THE BALTIMORE SUNNow that Linda “Pidge” Lewellen is grown up, she tells Travis McGee, once her girlhood idol, that either she’s going crazy or Howie, her affable ex-jock of a husband is trying to kill her. McGee checks things out, and gives Pidge the all clear. But when Pidge and Howie sail away to kiss and….Read More

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