The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald

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Book name:	The Dreadful Lemon Sky (2024)
Category:	Crime
Author:	John D. MacDonald
Language:	English
Publication data:	Jan. 1, 1974, midnight

In this gripping mystery novel, a hard-boiled detective is awakened late one night by an ex-girlfriend who entrusts him with a large sum of money, asking him to safeguard it in case of her untimely demise. When she is found dead under suspicious circumstances, the detective is propelled into a complex investigation that leads him through a web of deceit, drug smuggling, and murder. As he delves deeper into the case, he must navigate the treacherous waters of a small Florida town, where everyone seems to have something to hide, and the truth is as murky as the swamplands that surround it. Determined to honor the last wishes of his former lover, he relentlessly pursues justice, no matter how dreadful the cost may be. The 5548th greatest book of all time

About the author

John D. MacDonald

5 books

John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pa, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. During WW2, he rose to the rank of Colonel, and while serving in the Army and in the Far East, sent a short story to his wife for sale, successfully. He served in the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. After the war, he decided to try writing for a year, to see if he could make a living. Over 500 short … Read more