The Deep Blue Good-By

The Deep Blue Good-By is the first novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. Travis McGee solves certain types of problems without getting the police involved for a fee. In this debut novel for the series, he is after an ex-con released from Leavenworth military prison who takes advantage of women, sexually, emotionally and physically while living extravagantly on a boat in Florida. The way he got the money was from his first victim, who was poor, until he found something that her father, a convict who died while at Leavenworth, had hid on the property. Will Travis be able to stop him before he takes advantage of very many women?

This story was originally published in 1964 and some of the material is dated to that time period, but it still is a pretty good story overall. There is plenty of action and the reader gets a good introduction to Travis McGee.

If interested in reading this book, you can purchase at the following sites in various formats:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Blue-Good-Travis-McGee-ebook/dp/B009FKTTMQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1522933489&sr=1-1&keywords=the+deep+blue+good-by

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deep-blue-good-by-john-d-macdonald/1101890180?ean=9780812983920#/

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