The Quick Red Fox: A Travis McGee Novel

By John D. MacDonald

From a liked grasp of crime fiction, The fast pink Fox is one of the vintage novels that includes Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
 
She’s the other of a damsel in misery: a recognized celebrity, very appealing, greatly in charge of her lifestyles. She’s simply made one little mistake and now she wishes Travis McGee to set it correct. the cash is sweet and Travis’s money are short of replenishing. yet that’s now not the one cause he's taking the case. there's the motion picture star’s assistant—efficient and reserved, with a unhappiness beneath that makes McGee think he’d courageous any chance to assist her.
 
“John D. MacDonald is a shining instance for all us within the box. speak about the best.”—Mary Higgins Clark
 
Sultry superstar Lysa Dean has gotten herself right into a spot of blackmail, posing for bare images whereas engaging in a debauched social gathering close to substantial Sur. If the images get out, Lysa’s engagement to her wealthy, strait laced fiancé doesn’t stand an opportunity. input Travis McGee, who’s agreed to place a cease to the extortion, operating along Lysa’s assistant, Dana Holtzer.
 
they start by means of monitoring down everybody linked to the lurid night, and shortly sufficient they’re led on a chase around the country as homicide after homicide piles up. additional complicating concerns, Travis and Dana’s dating quickly turns steamy. And simply whilst he thinks he is familiar with precisely the place issues are headed, one sizeable twist shakes McGee’s existence to the very foundation.
 
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Lovely quickly now. thanks, expensive. ” She stood up and regarded round the room. i couldn't inform if the massive mattress repelled her or amused her. i used to be tempted to give an explanation for it. It startled me that I may want to inform her that it were a part of the furniture while I had gained the craft in a protracted poker siege in Palm seashore. the fellow sought after one other develop to stick within the video game, this final time placing up his Brazilian mistress as collateral, less than the believable assumption that she too went with the boat, yet his associates stored me the fragile challenge of refusal by way of top him lightly clear of the sport. pass over Holtzer didn't glance fairly austere. She simply seemed as though she may perhaps placed humans in convenient different types. She made up our minds she could pour herself a few espresso whereas I replaced, if that used to be accredited. I wear the very rare necktie, and a reasonably heavy swimsuit. once we went again into the living room, Skeeter stated, “Hey, either one of you examine this awful mouse a minute. ” She confirmed us the drawing simply accomplished. “This is whilst Quimby reveals out evidently he’s fairly a mouse. That cat simply informed him. He’s overwhelmed. He notion he used to be a true small pedigree puppy. yet i feel possibly he seems to be extra scared than beaten. if you examine it, is it as though he’s fearful of the cat? ” “It’s totally fascinating! ” Dana Holtzer acknowledged. “What a horrid factor, particularly, to determine that each one alongside you’ve been a mouse. ” “Quimby can’t adjust,” Skeeter acknowledged. They smiled properly at one another. “Dana Holtzer, Mary Keith—known as Skeeter. we need to run. Skeet, ensure you lock up if I don’t come again earlier than you move. ” “Sure. What’s bugging him is all that difficulty studying to bark. ” “Forage if you happen to get hungry. ” yet she was once again at paintings, insulated and motive. leave out Holtzer and that i headed into the wind, towards the parking parts. She stated, “That’s a pricey unusual lady, and extremely gifted. Is she a distinct good friend? ” “They’ve simply painted her house so I informed her she may perhaps paintings at the boat. She has a closing date. ” inside of one other 3 steps, leave out Holtzer had tucked the escaping free ends of character again into her government secretary shell. I had a reminiscence of the way excitement within the mouse had introduced her alive, more youthful and unusually extra brilliant. however it was once now not in her demeanour or behavior to provide whatever away. She may do her task, reserved, armored, effective. She used to be now not being paid to react to humans, nor to teach her personal reactions, if any. A glittering black Chrysler limousine used to be ready, tended by way of a middle-aged guy in dove-gray uniform with silver buttons. He touched his cap and opened the door for us. He gave the look of a tv U. S. Senator. And he had that uncanny skill of the expert chauffeur to float a massive motor vehicle via site visitors with such rhythm that the bunglings of alternative drivers appeared like an untidy and unimportant mirage. “Miss Dean’s vehicle? ” I requested. “Oh, no. It belongs to the folk the place we’re staying. ” “When did you get in? ” “Yesterday. ” “Incognito? ” “Yes. ” “That’s an exceptional trick. ” “Chartered airplane,” she stated. there has been glass among us and the barbered neck of the expert motive force.

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