I'm working my way through John D. MacDonald's "Travis McGee" series again. As a kid, I read all 21 of them. In my opinion, it's the greatest mystery series ever written. Set in South Florida at the time they were written (the '60s and '70s), the series encapsulates and portends the incessant development in the state of Florida, both pre and post Disney. The subject matter is a bit antiquated, and Travis's macho, manly-man attitude may be off-putting to the post feminist crowd, but it's still wildly entertaining and exceptionally well written. Besides, who wouldn't want to live on a house boat in Fort Lauderdale?
The Busted Flush was the boat as I recall. Oddly enough MacDonald lived on the Florida west coast in Sarasota.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
