Antique radio forums view topic travis mcgee books. Each book in the series is a whole story with a beginning and an ending, however there are references to prior stories in the series. The wikipedia article travis mcgee has lots more information. Get the audible audio editions of the travis mcgee series from the. Online shopping from a great selection at kindle store store. Robert petkoff travis mcgees permanent address is the busted flush, slip f18, bahia mar, lauderdale, and.
Buy a cheap copy of five complete travis mcgee novels. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Complete and unabridged omnibus edition by macdonald, john d. Aside from an unwholesome taste for string quartets, and a certain gullibility about predigested. Below is the order in which the travis mcgee books were. Travis mcgee is a salvage consultant who recovers lost property and persons in return for a fee. His bestknown works include the popular and critically acclaimed travis mcgee series, and his novel the executioners, which was filmed twice as cape fear. Narrator robert petkoff, handchosen to narrate with the approval of macdonalds estate. Macdonald 191686 travis mcgee is the last of the great knightserrant.
These books were written about an era that feels long past. It was the second film adaptation of the travis mcgee series. Mcgee is not a cop or a private investigator, but rather a professional salvage consultant. Widely regarded as a master of crime fiction, john dann macdonald 19161986 was the author of the critically acclaimed travis mcgee. The travis mcgee series is a set of novels that can be read over and over again, and you seem to find something different each time.
His bestknown works include the popular and critically acclaimed travis mcgee series, and. Travis mcgee is a creation of prolific american novelist john d. This first in the travis mcgee detective series finds trav helping cathy kerr locate her missing. Join facebook to connect with travis mcgee and others you may know. A theme of the novels is that each book has a colour in the title. My job is as a professional reader for a company called books on tape, which records fulllength, unabridged versions of books, and makes them available by rental to the general public. The deep blue goodby by john d macdonald read by robert. Macdonald includes books the deep blue goodbye, nightmare in pink, purple place for dying, and several more. In 1980, the mcgee novel the green ripper won a national book award in a oneyear mystery category.
But just as my presumed order of the stand alone novels was probably in error, so too was my reading of the travis mcgee books, at least in. In 1977 books on tape began doing macdonald, and no surprise. Unlike most detectives in mysterydetective fiction, mcgee is neither a police officer nor a private. Download the travis mcgee audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device. A travis mcgee novel, book 1 audible audio edition. Travis mcgee, an adventurer, philosopher, and salvage consultant who does unofficial favors for friends, in fort lauderdale, florida. Macdonalds travis mcgee series and its influences on his work. Anybody that has read one of the mcgee series of books will. Travis was one of floridas earliest environmentalists, voicing his authors concern about what was happening to the state by unbridled development his. I realize ive been doing a lot of direct quoting from these books, but travis mcgee is a very quotable guy, and the urge is irresistible. The complete series list for a travis mcgee novel john d. From a beloved master of crime fiction, nightmare in pink is one of many classic novels featuring travis mcgee, the hardboiled detective who lives on a houseboat. From a beloved master of crime fiction, the lonely silver rain is one of many classic novels featuring travis mcgee, the hardboiled detective who lives on a houseboat. John d macdonald audiobooks the trap of solid gold.
The travis mcgee series was started in 1964 with the deep blue goodby and spanned 21 novels up until the lonely silver rain in 1985. Travis mcgee was a protector of women, weaker men and the environment and since the last novel there doesnt seem to be anybody that comes close to him as a character in a novel. Macdonald wrote is better loved and more enduring than the 21 books in his series about travis mcgee, the floridabased salvage consultant who recovers property for a fee so he can. Macdonald author lee child author of introduction, etc. See the complete travis mcgee series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Travis mcgee is a fictional character, created by american mystery writer john d. Macdonald wrote is better loved and more enduring than the 21 books in his series about travis mcgee, the floridabased salvage consultant who recovers property for a fee so he can take his retirement a piece at a time. Once again, i f pundits what on the surface is a detective novel to be so much more. Tracking down darren mcgavin narrated versions of the john d. They started, i believe, with the first mcgee bestseller, the dreadful lemon sky and also did gold that year. The new york public library book of answers, in the twentyone mcgee books there is reference or strong evidence of ol dawg travis.
The first three books in the travis mcgee series were published. Travis mcgee is a 1983 american tv movie based on the novel the empty copper sea by john d macdonald. The series ended due to macdonalds death, preventing any finality to the series. The ninth account of travis mcgee, pale gray for guilt, published in 1968, ended with the death from a brain tumor of puss killian, one of those broken young women nursed back in pusss. Robert petkoff did a great job of reading but in my opinion did not carry the image of travis well. This was the first of four travis mcgee books published in the first year, and there were two in april alone. Created by john d mcdonald, travis mcgee became the hero in a series of twenty one books. With sam elliott, gene evans, barry corbin, richard farnsworth.
A travis mcgee novel, book 10 audible audio edition. A travis mcgee omnibus abebooks shop for books, art. Mcgee is neither a police officer nor a private investigator. I recall at the start of one book, travis aboard the. I canit think of anyone who would dare donald westlake. The travis mcgee books have been brought to life in the form of a cinematic adaptation called darker than amber released in 1970 and a television movie called the. Mcgee appeared in 21 novels, from the deep blue goodby in 1964 to the lonely silver rain in 1984. Macdonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of florida. Robert petkoff provided the voice of travis mcgee in the majority of the current audio book versions of the novels. Macdonalds travis mcgee novels with links to all are available in paperback as of march 1999. Travis mcgee is having the time of his lifehes doing nothing but enjoying life on board the busted flush, entertaining all his friends in his best carefree manner. I first read the lonely silver rain many years ago and was happy when it became a kindle daily deal. In 1977 books on tape began doing macdonald, and no surprise focused on the mcgee series.