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Quick Red Fox

Quick Red Fox

CrimeHardboiled
Pages
226
Published
1995
Language
English

Synopsis

The fourth Travis McGee novel follows the private investigator as he is hired to help a Hollywood starlet out of a blackmail scheme involving compromising photographs. Blending hardboiled noir with the series' signature gritty urban underworld, the plot moves fast and builds tension as the real players behind the blackmail are revealed. A classic of the genre, it was published in 1964 and later reissued in hardcover in 1974.

Prose complexity
3/10

Vibe

TenseGrittyMysterious
Morally GreyBetrayal

Genres

Crime Hardboiled Noir

About the author

J
John D. MacDonald

John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania but dropped out to move to New York City, where he took menial to support himself. While attending the School of Management at Syracuse University, he met Dorothy Prentiss, and they married in 1937. He graduated from Syracuse the following year, and in 1939 he received an MBA from Harvard University. During World War II he served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Far...

Characters

Travis McGeeProtagonist

A private investigator and fixer hired to help a Hollywood starlet out of a blackmail scheme.

Lysa DeanSupporting

A Hollywood starlet being blackmailed with compromising photographs.

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