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Bezig met laden... Deadly Welcome (1959)door John D. MacDonald
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is one of the many MacDonald books I have read. I'm glad there are more to go. This one is prior to his famous Travis McGee series. As an early work it is not quite as good as his later books. Still it was a fun Diversion. ( ) Greatly enjoyed this book. Ready to go on to the next MacDonald book. Unlike the McGee books he and the girl finally connect in a presumably permanent way. MacDonald seems to have more than a passing familiarity with detective work. Can only guess at what he did during the war. I love fits nautical descriptions. I have to believe Ravenna, the town name he uses is somewhere on Marco island or close to it. The ten thousand islands would seem to be where the climax occurs. As a former soldier he clearly has some knowledge of guns. Also I believe he learned to shoot a22 Target rifle as a young man. Can only guess if his 'psychotherapy' was realistic. A more contemporary version of Jenna would turn out to have been sexually abused by her father. That would have complicated Bettie's situation some. One or two loose ends - who raped Bettie is never explained. Needed to know a bit more about what Alex did for the government. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Deadly Welcome, " one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of "Cape Fear "and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. Alex Doyle is a tough man on a tough assignment in Ramona Beach, Florida, the kind of place that doesn't trust strangers and is policed by a sheriff who echoes the locals' sentiments with a billy club. But Alex isn't an outsider, exactly. He grew up in Ramona Beach--until they railroaded him out of town. "Can't trust trash," they said. Alex has never been back . . . until his employer, the Defense Department, sends him home to locate a government scientist and get him out alive. Unfortunately for Alex, Ramona Beach has a long memory. Unfortunately for Ramona Beach, so does Alex. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald ""The "great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."--Stephen King "My favorite novelist of all time."--Dean Koontz "To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."--Kurt Vonnegut "A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about "the""best.""--Mary Higgins Clark Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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