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The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper

A Travis McGee Novel, Book 10

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The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper

By: John D. MacDonald
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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Helena Pearson. Undeniably beautiful... indisputably rich... incredibly wanton... the perfect client for Travis McGee. He did a big favor for her husband and then for the lady herself. Now Helena is dead, and McGee finds out that she had one last request to make of him: find out why her beautiful daughter, Maurie, keeps trying to kill herself. So, half-convinced that Maurie needs a good doctor and not a devil-may-care beach bum, McGee makes his way to the prosperous town of Fort Courtney, Florida, a respectable, booming, deadly little place.

©1968 John D. MacDonald Publishing, Inc. (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Hard-Boiled Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction
Compelling Mystery • Top-notch Writing • Superb Performance • Complex Hero • Interesting Threads • Good Characters

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Had to re-listen to the reveal because there were so many bad guys caught up in it. Usually, McGee gets himself into more trouble.

More entanglements than usual.

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Again another very good story… I don’t know what I’m gonna read when the series on
Travis McGee ends….I’m sure I’ll find something but I will be said when it’s done ❗️☹️

The girl in the plain brown wrapper

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A series like this can get very predictable and tiresome. John MacDonald was a rare author that managed to deliver interesting stories even in such a challenging context. McGee and Meyer are interesting characters and I continue to enjoy watching them evolve from one book to the next. This series is the diametric opposite to Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington books, which are mind-numbingly predictable and formulaic. The Travis McGee series is one of the more compelling options in the genre; strong recommendation to start at the beginning and read them all...

Predictable but Still Very Worthwhile

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John D. MacDonald does it again. McGee on a knights errand shows his cunning skills and kind heart. I highly recommend The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper.

Classic Travis McGee

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I think this is at one of John D. MacDonald's best Travis McGee novels, and a terrific performance by the narrator.

The best Travis McGee novel?

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