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  • A Purple Place for Dying

  • A Travis McGee Novel, Book 3
  • Written by: John D. MacDonald
  • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
  • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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A Purple Place for Dying

Written by: John D. MacDonald
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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A Purple Place for Dying finds Travis McGee witness to a murder he can't prove and a kidnapping nobody wants to believe. McGee becomes a pawn between a wealthy Southwestern patriarch, the law, and a mysterious gang bent on insurance fraud. Just the kind of thing McGee revels in!

©1964 John D. MacDonald Publishing, Inc. Renewal © 1992 Maynard MacDonald (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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