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The lonely silver rain

The lonely silver rain

CrimeHardboiled
Pages
277
Published
1985
Language
English

Synopsis

Travis McGee, a salvage consultant and fixer in the Santa Monica Mountains, is drawn into a dangerous plot involving a missing woman and a ruthless local power player. As he navigates the underworld of Malibu and the men who run it, he must also confront a new and unexpected responsibility: his teenage daughter, whom he has never met before. The novel concludes the long-running series with a bittersweet turn as Travis decides to leave his lucrative business behind to raise his daughter.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseGrittyMelancholic

Genres

Crime Hardboiled Noir Mystery Thriller

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
Jean McGeeSupporting
All characters in The lonely silver rain