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      Mass Market Paperback Empty Copper Sea Book
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      ISBN: 0449141497

      ISBN13: 9780449141496

      The Empty Copper Sea

      (Book #17 in the Travis McGee Series)

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      From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Empty Copper Sea is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Asking for help is something a proud man like Van Harder would never do. So when he shows up at the Busted Flush, Travis McGee knows that he must be the man's last resort. What Harder wants salvaged is his reputation. After a long career as a seaman, he was piloting a boat the night his employer fell overboard. Harder is certain he's been set up, but to help him, McGee must prove that a dead man is actually alive. "John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all us in the field. Talk about the best ."--Mary Higgins Clark The fateful ride started with Harder at the helm of Hubbard Lawless's luxury cruiser. It ends with him coming to, fuzzy and disoriented, and Hub lost to the water. Now everyone is saying that Harder got drunk, passed out, and is negligent in his boss's death. The thing is, Van's not a drinker . . . at least, not anymore. Who would want to frame the good captain, and to what end? Dead or alive, Lawless is worth a lot of money. People are always eager to get a piece of that action--including some, as McGee soon finds, who are willing to take a piece out of anyone who gets in their way. Features a new Introduction by Lee Child This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Rated 5 stars
      My Favorite McGee_ Hope I Haven't Said this about his others

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      The trouble with discovering John D. McDonald's Travis McGee series is that there will be no more. Mr. McDonald passed away several years ago. I find myself re-reading his books in order about every other year. They are still fresh, funny (at times) and insightful. I like Empty Copper Sea best because Travis meets the main love of his life. Gretel Howard is all that Travis deserves and more. Meyer, the famous economist...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Really gets under the characters' skins

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      The Travis McGee series is among my favorite reading material. In this book I especially like all the permutations of the male-female relationships - Travis and the piano player, Mrs. Lawless and her husband, the two boat girls and how they view men. The plot twists are good too. You know something is fishy about Hub Lawless' drowning, but you don't (at least I didn't) know exactly how Travis will shake out the riddle...

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      Rated 5 stars
      McGee's Voyage Is Worth the Cruise!

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Ever since John D. MacDonald introduced his hero, Travis McGee in "The Deep Blue Good-by" in 1964, readers have looked forward to the next episode of this hero of hue--each McGee title contains a color--and the man Time magazine calls "a knight in tarnished armor." In "The Empty Copper Sea," we find Travis once again setting sail to right the wrongs of the oppressed, the downtrodden, the underdog in this, the 17th of the...

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      Rated 5 stars
      My first taste of McDonald is delicious

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      After hearing John D. McDonald's name mentioned often when people spoke of fine 20th century authors, I decided to give him a try. I didn't regret it. Travis McGee has to be one of the most memorable characters that I have ever read about. His witty banter with his close companion Meyer is always entertaining, and often enlightening. McDonald somehow manages to sneak in his own personal concerns over the destruction of the...

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      Rated 5 stars
      very good

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      the book was great, the tv movie lacked just a little..

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