Deadly Welcome
by John D. MacDonald
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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. show more “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.
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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. show less
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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 show more 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. show less
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 show more 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. show less
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.
Alexander Doyle is a prototype for the later born Travis McGee.
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John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on July 24, 1916. He received a B.S. from Syracuse University in 1938 and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1939. During World War II, he served in the Army. His first novel, Brass Cupcake, was published in 1950. He wrote about 70 books during his lifetime show more including the Travis McGee series, Condominium, No Deadly Drug, Nothing Can Go Wrong, and A Friendship: The Letters of Dan Rowan and John Dann MacDonald. A Flash of Green was adapted into a movie by the same name and The Excuse was adapted into a movie entitled Cape Fear. He received numerous awards including the Ben Franklin Award for the best American short story in 1955, the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for A Key to the Suite in 1964, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1972, the American Book Award for The Green Ripper in 1980. He died from complications of an earlier heart bypass surgery on December 28, 1986 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Välkommen att dö
- Original title
- Deadly Welcome
- Original publication date
- 1959
- People/Characters*
- Alexander Doyle
- Important places
- Ramona Beach, Florida, USA
- First words
- He had been on special assignment in Montevideo, had been there only a month when, without warning, they had cabled him home.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And it was then that he discovered that he was still wearing a big, broad, idiotic smile, fringed with lipstick.
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