But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight
out of the river shack she came from.
I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair
like raw blue-black silk, her brown shoulders bare. Eyes deep-set, a
girl with a gypsy look.
So this was the girl I had risked my life to find. This was the girl
who was going to lead me to a buried fortune in stolen loot.
John D. MacDonald, "... one of the first-rate craftsmen of
crime,"[A] is the author of more than 50 novels and the creator
of the fabulous TRAVIS McGEE series, which includes such currently
available titles as NIGHTMARE IN PINK, BRIGHT ORANGE FOR THE
SHROUD, and A PURPLE PLACE FOR DYING.
[Footnote A: NEW YORK TIMES]