The Green Ripper

A Travis McGee Novel, Book 18

By: John D. MacDonald

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Beautiful girls always grace the Florida beaches; strolling, sailing, relaxing at the many parties on Travis McGee's houseboat, The Busted Flush. McGee was too smart - and had been around too long - for many of them to touch his heart. Now, however, there was Gretel. She had discovered the key to McGee - to all of him - and now he had something to hope for. Then, terribly, unexpectedly, she was dead. From a mysterious illness, or so they said. But McGee knew the truth; that Gretel had been murdered. And now he was out for blood.

©1979 John D. MacDonald (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Excellent novel

About an 8 on the 1-10 JDM scale which would be a 10 for any other author. I like his other works better, but this is still a great book.

Love Travis McGee

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, because it is part of the evolution of Travis and hi associated characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Green Ripper?

Destroying the terrorist cell.

Have you listened to any of Robert Petkoff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Good

Too much insight, not enough action

The narrator is great.
In order to not give any "spoilers" I'll just say that what happened in the hospital, definitely needed to happen.
The rest of novel was pretty much a snore: 1) McGee snuck in somewhere and was held there til he could get out
2) McGee did far too much introspection.
3) Meyer wasn't part of book
The very last chapters had some action and were better

I hope McGee returns to his more typical self, has other people's problems to solve, not his own, and 3) Meyer is part of the story.

McDonald doesn't disappoint

I got lost in this story and couldn't put it down , but I have listened to many Travis McGee books. If you are new to this series I recommend starting with some earlier ones. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this one as much if I didn't already feel like I knew Travis McGee.

John D at the full tide of his skill

I am a huge fan of the Man. I have read and listened to all of the T. McGee many times since the 1970's. I n my opinion this "Green Ripper" is the best of the series.
This is minimalist Mc Gee. Stripped down and and fully aware of the darkness that is out there and inside himself.
I could argue that away from Florida he is a weaker character oK but to truly know this guy read this one

grim reaper

read this 20 years ago...
McDonald has a sweet style, easy to see everything unfold...

one of my favorites

one of my favorites in the series, Travis never disappoints . look forward to the next.

McDonald is and will always be my favorite

My uncle gave me an abridged cassette of the green ripper when I was 10 … Darren mcgavin narrated, it blew my socks off and opened my world to good writing , there aren’t many John McDonald’s out there , I love the inner struggle of the overly opinionated mind all the things thought but never said , come on we all suffer that right!, for the age of them they are timeless writing and will always be my favorites … great job by Robert bringing McGee back from the classic mcgavin . He was a tough act to follow but he did it wonderfully

Don't make Travis mad!

This one pulls out all the stops. You've never seen Travis like this, but you always knew he had it in him. This one kind of picks up where the previous one, “The Empty Copper Sea” left off, so make sure you have read that one first. This one really changes things for Travis. There are only three more novels left, and it looks like Travis is moving into the modern age of terrorism we all live with today. Savor this one, only three more to go….

Great!

This is one of my favorite "Travis McGee " novels. Mr. Macdonald did a magnificent job writing this and Mr. Petkoff is a great narrator!