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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
Original publication date
1985
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Lonely Silver Rain is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. Travis McGee has luck to thank for his reputation as a first-rate salvager of stolen boats. Now Billy Ingraham, a self-made tycoon, is betting that McGee can locate his $700,000 custom cruiser. McGee isn�t so sure. He knows all too well the dangerous link between Florida boatjackings and the drug trade, and he�s vowed never to swim with the sharks�but if he wants to keep his head (AKA finances) above water, swim he will. �As a young writer, all I ever wanted was to touch readers as powerfully as John D. MacDonald touched me.��Dean Koontz Even though McGee doesn�t feel like sticking out his neck for this case, Billy�s wife, Millis, convinces him to step up to the challenge. Sort of. After a...… (more)
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LibraryThing member andyray
This is Travis McGee's swan song (as written by JDM, anyways) and you can FEEL the middle-aged beach bum's arthritus in it.
LibraryThing member DMatty5
The Lonesome Silver Rain is a nice closer for this series -- not a final word, per se, but a suitable "wrap up." After due consideration, it is my opinion that Darker Than Amber, The Long Lavender Look, The Scarlet Ruse, and The Dreadful Lemon Sky are the best of the series -- and that The Green
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Ripper is, by far, the poorest. Show Less
LibraryThing member SunnySD
I grew up reading Travis McGee - there was a whole section of bookcase devoted to John D. MacDonald's books in our house, but I haven't read one of his in a very long time. So, when I ran across this one recently I was looking forward to a cozy evening's read.
Unfortunately for me, I picked on of
Unfortunately for me, I picked on of
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McGee's later adventures. The tall, sun-soaked private detective/boat bum is feeling lonely, discouraged, and morose, and the tone of the book shows it. Grime, drugs, gangs, murder that appears random and senseless.... and through it a McGee stalked and harried by his own malaise as much as the killers seeking his death. Although it ends on a lighter note, this is not the McGee I remembered so rosily. Not that it's put me off MacDonald, but next time I'll do some thumbing through before I drag one home! Show Less
LibraryThing member Brian55
I really enjoyed this. This is the second Travis McGee I've read by MacDonald; the first being The Deep Blue Good-by (another one that the title doesn't have much to do with the story). I had a little trouble with the plot at times. It got a little convoluted but, it straightened out later. I like
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MacDonald's style; it's smooth and flows well. I liked the character developments. The variety of characters kept the story twisting and interesting with out me questioning, "Why was that person in the story?". I plan to read more of Travis McGee but, probably not any time soon, too many others on my night stand. Show Less
LibraryThing member DaveWilde
The Lonely Silver Rain is the final volume in the 21-book Travis McGee series and it matches the extremely high quality level of the rest of the series. Absolutely terrific read.
This volume is not all about McGee riding off into the sunset. It, however, has a slightly different flavor than other
MacDonald packed a lot into this book including a stolen yacht, a gold digging blonde, a drug war, an eyepatch, a trip to the Yucatan, comforting a widow, angry family members, mysterious gifts, explosions, stabbings, bodies strewn about, a nurse being traded like a baseball card, and all sorts of random violence and suspicions.
This is one of the quickest reads of the whole series and this tale has a furious and relentless pace.
If you've never had the good fortune to read about Travis McGee, you are in for quite a treat. If you've read this series before, you kind of know what to expect.
This volume is not all about McGee riding off into the sunset. It, however, has a slightly different flavor than other
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McGee books. Here, McGee is not the hunter so much as the hunted and he doesn't exactly find it to be the most comfortable feeling. Someone wants him dead for slightly off kilter reasons having to do with misplaced dreams of vengeance. And it's going to take all his resources to fend off South American narco hit squads.MacDonald packed a lot into this book including a stolen yacht, a gold digging blonde, a drug war, an eyepatch, a trip to the Yucatan, comforting a widow, angry family members, mysterious gifts, explosions, stabbings, bodies strewn about, a nurse being traded like a baseball card, and all sorts of random violence and suspicions.
This is one of the quickest reads of the whole series and this tale has a furious and relentless pace.
If you've never had the good fortune to read about Travis McGee, you are in for quite a treat. If you've read this series before, you kind of know what to expect.
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
A good way to end the series...
LibraryThing member lamour
This was the last novel in the McGee series as MacDonald died a year after it was published. The plot finds Travis hired to find a stolen yacht for his friend Billy Ingraham. He quickly does locate it partially hidden in mangrove on an island. He takes a boat and goes to see what shape it is in
One of the dead is the niece of a drug lord in Peru and he puts out a contract on McGee and Ingraham because he thinks McGee did the murders. After several near misses from assassins, McGee seeks to get the facts to the drug cartel. Eventually he discovers who did the murders and he puts their names in the rumour mill which starts a major killing spree among the drug dealers.
Meanwhile, cats made out of different coloured pipe cleaners keep appearing in his houseboat. Looking for a clue as what they mean, he comes up empty. Eventually he captures the person leaving them and discovers she is a daughter he did not know he had fathered with the now deceased Puss Killian. This opens a new future for McGee which MacDonald never had the chance to pursue.
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only to find it contains four dead bodies in advanced state of decomposition. Noting that the dead had been tortured before they were killed, McGee clears out and anonymously reports it to the coast guard as he knows the killers are part of the drug trade.One of the dead is the niece of a drug lord in Peru and he puts out a contract on McGee and Ingraham because he thinks McGee did the murders. After several near misses from assassins, McGee seeks to get the facts to the drug cartel. Eventually he discovers who did the murders and he puts their names in the rumour mill which starts a major killing spree among the drug dealers.
Meanwhile, cats made out of different coloured pipe cleaners keep appearing in his houseboat. Looking for a clue as what they mean, he comes up empty. Eventually he captures the person leaving them and discovers she is a daughter he did not know he had fathered with the now deceased Puss Killian. This opens a new future for McGee which MacDonald never had the chance to pursue.
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LibraryThing member waldhaus1
Not sure if this was published post humously or not. I even wondered if it been written earlier in the series and saved for the last McGee. It has the expected adventures and womanizing but it is filled with more than the usual dose of introspection which os to day a lot. It does end with an
I have re read most of the McGee stories by listening to them as audio books. But the last few only became available recently. I’m sure I read this when it was published. I may even have the hard bound. I have to check.
A lot of cutting comments about the drug trade in Miami, something MacDonald must have abhorred. He does make a pressing reference to legalizing the drug trade.
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element suggesting a sequel with a segue into a different kind of partnership. I have re read most of the McGee stories by listening to them as audio books. But the last few only became available recently. I’m sure I read this when it was published. I may even have the hard bound. I have to check.
A lot of cutting comments about the drug trade in Miami, something MacDonald must have abhorred. He does make a pressing reference to legalizing the drug trade.
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LibraryThing member ikeman100
Last of the great Travis McGee series by the great John D. McDonald. Enjoyed them all!
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Awards
Anthony Award (Nominee — Novel — 1986)
Physical description
231 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
0394538994 / 9780394538990