From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Lonely Silver Rain is one of many classic novels featuring Travis Mc Gee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
Travis Mc Gee has luck to thank for his reputation as a first-rate salvager of stolen boats.
Now Billy Ingraham, a self-made tycoon, is betting that Mc Gee can locate his $700, 000 custom cruiser.
Mc Gee isn t so sure.
He knows all too well the dangerous link between Florida boatjackings and the drug trade, and he s vowed never to swim with the sharks but if he wants to keep his head (AKA finances) above water, swim he will.
As a young writer, all I ever wanted was to touch readers as powerfully as John D.
Mac Donald touched me.
Dean Koontz Even though Mc Gee doesn t feel like sticking out his neck for this case, Billy s wife, Millis, convinces him to step up to the challenge.
Sort of.
After a pilot friend leads him to the stolen vessel, Mc Gee immediately regrets not going with his gut.
The yacht is no longer an ordinary boat.
It s a slaughterhouse.
After witnessing the sordid scene, Mc Gee realizes he s knee-deep in the white-hot center of an international cocaine ring.
In the midst of this terrifying ordeal and an affair with a very dangerous woman, Mc Gee is shocked by the return of a secret from his past.
Over the years, Mc Gee has recovered many wrecks now he ll need to salvage his own life.
Features a new Introduction by Lee Child.
