“MacDonald had a huge influence on me . . . Reacher is like a fully detached version of Travis McGee” LEE CHILD

Travis McGee isn’t your typical knight in shining armour. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: He’ll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.

Around four in the morning, Travis McGee is jarred awake by a ghost from his past: an old flame who needs a place to stash a package full of cash. He agrees to help. Two weeks later she’s dead.

Left with a hundred grand and a nagging conscience, Travis goes to a seedy little town to look into Carrie’s previous life. But what Travis finds only pushes him further into the corrupt world she was trying to escape . . .

First published in 1975, The Dreadful Lemon Sky features an introduction by Lee Child

JOHN D. MACDONALD: A GRAND MASTER CRIME WRITER

“The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller” - Stephen King

“Travis McGee is my favourite fiction detective. He’s great because he has a philosophical side – he will fight a bunch of mobsters in a car park and then have a muse about life, the universe and everything” - Tony Parsons

“A dominant influence on writers crafting the continuing series character . . . I envy the generation of readers just discovering Travis McGee” - Sue Grafton

“The consummate pro, a master storyteller and witty observer . . . The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author and they retain a remarkable sense of freshness” - Jonathan Kellerman

“. . . my favorite novelist of all time” - Dean Koontz

“A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field” - Mary Higgins Clark

“What a joy that these timeless and treasured novels are available again” - Ed McBain

“There’s only one thing as good as reading a John D. MacDonald novel: reading it again . . . He is the all-time master of the American mystery novel” - John Saul