{"product_id":"books-bright-orange-for-the-shroud-by-john-d-macdonald","title":"Bright Orange for the Shroud","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller. --Stephen King \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis McGee is looking forward to a slob summer, spending his days as far away from danger as possible. But trouble has a way of finding him, no matter where he hides. An old friend, conned out of his life savings by his ex-wife, has tracked him down and is desperate for help. To get the money back and earn his usual fee, McGee will have to penetrate the Everglades--and the mind of a violently twisted grifter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn D. MacDonald was a writer way ahead of his time, and his Travis McGee books are as entertaining, insightful, and suspenseful today as the moment I first read them. --John Saul \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcGee has never seen a man so changed by one year of life. Arthur Wilkinson had been an amiable and decent young man looking to invest some of his considerable inheritance in a marina enterprise. Then a pretty blonde named Wilma Ferner showed up. She was soon Mrs. Wilkinson, and it only took her a year to leave Arthur bankrupt and broken. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what starts out as a simple job turns into a dangerous situation when McGee comes face-to-face with a quick-thinking and quicker-fisted foe in the Florida swamps. Now Arthur's fortune isn't the only thing on the line: this job may mean McGee's life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480342126865,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780812983975.jpg?v=1777546304","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-bright-orange-for-the-shroud-by-john-d-macdonald","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}