Fat Man Thin Man. (McGee Book 2)

He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out. Nick and Nora are at their wisecracking best as they investigate murder and racketeering at a local race track. Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it. A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder. Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man A series of misunderstandings on their fourth wedding anniversary lead an architect and his wife to break up, but he pretends to be insane and even poses as his own sister in order to win her back. Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora find themselves trying to solve another mystery.

It's New Year's Eve and they are summoned to dinner at Nora's elderly, and very aristocratic, family.

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There they find that cousin Selma's husband Robert has been missing for three days. Nick reluctantly agrees to look for him but the case takes a twist when Robert is shot and Selma is accused of murder. Several other murders occur but eventually Nick gathers everyone into the same room to reveal the identity of the killer. Alluding to her s screen personna, Oscar Levant once wisecracked about Doris Day: Appearing here in a supporting role, he gets to show off some acting chops he didn't always get a chance to display in his later career.

Add to the mix a topnotch screenplay, the chemistry between William Powell and Myrna Loy that is so strong you find yourself believing that only a week has lapsed since their previous outing rather than two years , at least one sight gag worthy of Groucho Marx Nick when he and Nora go to visit her stuffed-shirt relatives , and -- oh, yes -- some vintage location footage shot in San Francisco back in the days when "the city that knows how" still knew.

Yep, that really is the old 3rd and Townsend depot, and yes, as a matter of fact, that really is Lotta's Fountain on lower Market Street, and how about that driveway leading up to their palatial home, complete with the breathtaking view? None other than the approach to Coit Tower! If the storyline's a bit thinner than the original, the fun is no less. The madcap drinking sheesh!

As do Nick and Nora. And oh, yes, not that it probably matters that much, but there is a mystery and it does get solved. Start your free trial.

Notes of a Big Girl in a Small-Minded World

Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. It makes me wish there was a way to ding the publisher on the star rating for this boondoogle, but I'm going to ignore it on rating the book. It's not MacDonald's fault. I had a big problem with the setup, unfortunately. That part went fine, but once she was onboard, she comes up with all kinds of information that directly opposes her previous assertions.

It just doesn't ring true at all. It's definitely a good one, even better than the first. That it could be so good even with ham-fisted editing is amazing. One of the best things about these books is, although they're a series, a person could as easily have started with this book as the first one. That's a very rare find. Overall, I'd give this 3.

His female voices suck, but at least he wasn't irritating for the most part. MacDonald can do no wrong. All these novels need is McGee's razor sharp and generous bits of social analysis. Interlace that with any detective work really and you've got yourself a killer story every time and this is no different. MacDonald is a terrific author and an underrated pop culture philosopher. I'm thinking of dedicating an entire month to his work on Dead End Follies next year. If you're tempted to get into mid-century pulpists, make him your first stop. Oct 22, Tony rated it really liked it Shelves: This is not your typical Travis McGee novel.

All of the action — except at the end — occurs in New York, mostly in the city. Travis starts out to do a friend a favor. He starts out doing it because of a guilt feeling. When he gets to the city, he finds that there is a smelly operation that smacks of a criminal operation by some of the higher management personnel.

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It took on a deeper meaning however when her boyfriend secreted a wad of cash in her apartment before his death. Nina had worked at this corporation, but left to pursue her interests in commercial design, but she still had her suspicions. It gets a little weird there for a while when Travis is captured by these crooks and confined in a mental institution, but we can forgive MacDonald for that twist.

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This is a well-paced thriller that will keep you turning pages. Oct 22, Maggie K rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was even better than the first one. People who think McGee devalues women are idiots. Not sure this was quite as good as the first Travis McGee I read. But still very enjoyable as long as you can ignore the slightly sexist tone of the book I liked the New York setting, made it easy to imagine. I'll definitely be carrying on with these. The second Travis McGee novel finds our self-described boat-bum doing a favor for an old army buddy who has been confined to a VA hospital and, sadly, is unlikely to live much longer.

Along the way, despite trying not to, Travis falls for young Nina, and she for him, although they both know it won't be a lasting thing. MacDonald was still forming his character Travis McGee in this second book in the book series, a decidedly different sort of protagonist than what the marketplace at the time was used to. Travis has flaws and, generally speaking, being around him isn't always the safest place to be. Collateral damage occurs and innocent people sometimes get caught in the crossfire or by poisoned coffee in this case.

Most people agree that it is not until the third novel, A Purple Place for Dying that the general pattern and style for the rest of the books is laid down. The title of the novel is most apropos! Mar 18, Ed [Redacted] rated it liked it Shelves: I enjoyed this, the second novel in the Travis McGee series, slightly better than the first, The Deep Blue Good-by , largely because its plot became pretty nutty for the last 50 pages. It wasn't dissimilar to many of Ian Fleming's old James Bond novels, in which the situation the protagonist is trapped in is so insane that you can't help but just shrug your shoulders and go along for the ride.

The attitudes of th I enjoyed this, the second novel in the Travis McGee series, slightly better than the first, The Deep Blue Good-by , largely because its plot became pretty nutty for the last 50 pages.

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The attitudes of the protagonist are really dated, and not in a good way--I enjoy reading old pulp fiction in which the narrator refers to women as "dames" and "skirts," but listening to McGee's ridiculous and long-winded musing on the "nature of the female" is like being trapped in a stalled elevator with your creepiest uncle for four hours. Also, the dialogue is straight out of a bad studio picture from the '40s, and was probably dated the minute MacDonald committed it to paper in There are pages and pages of exposition, women say things like "Dahling--", and the hero often thinks things to himself like, "McGee, old man Oct 25, Carla Remy rated it it was amazing Shelves: The beginning seemed verging on boring, but the book progressed into predictably thrilling action and some pretty sublime writing.

Sep 04, Thomas Todd rated it liked it Shelves: I didn't quite know what to think about this MacDonald book. First off this one is not set in Florida. At first I thought I was reading a romance novel someone had secretly hidden under a MacDonald book jacket as Magee spends quite a bit of time romancing it up.

Then he is drugged by an apparent LCD type drug and we get to experience his hallucinations along with him. Quite different for me from the previous Travis Mcgee novels I have read but in the end the Travis I know returned. Mar 01, Pete rated it liked it Shelves: This a James Bond rip off.

Nightmare in Pink

Double O'Dong in 50 Shades of Ballsack. Double O'Dong is irresistible to women. They are drawn to him like he's the star of an Axe Body Spray commercial. Once they get him they feel as if they've just had a pint of Rocky Road, lost 10 pounds, and watched a weekend full On the front of the book it informs me that this is a Travis McGee novel, A Nightmare In Pink.

Once they get him they feel as if they've just had a pint of Rocky Road, lost 10 pounds, and watched a weekend full of romantic comedies. Of course, O'Dong doesn't figure out the bad guy's evil plans through stealth or witty sleuthing.

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He is captured and told the bad guy's plans because clearly, O'Dong could never escape and do anything about them. Somewhere around page , Double O'Dong makes a brief transformation into Travis McGee and there's a very satisfying bit of action and cleverness. O'Dong returns to close the book out in an anticlimactic fashion. The action combined with background on McGee gained in the first chapter and the excellent prose saved this book from the 2 stars it might have received.

The following is after McGee is bumped into on the crowded streets of New York. You can see it coming. The insect experts have learned how it works with locusts. Until locust population reaches a certain density, they all act like any grasshoppers. When the critical point is reached they turn savage and sward, and try to eat the world. We're nearing a critical point.

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He poured an inch of amber into it, raised it and let the golden heat roll down his throat. A toast to nobody, a toast to himself. Raised in poverty in a dusty Texas town, her choice of drink is part of her attempt to reinvent herself, and leave who she once was behind. Though, when he shares one in the first chapter, his guest tries to kill him.

Never drink before sunset, and never drink three days in a row. Beer is the drink of choice in Robert B. The Thrilling Detective website has an entire page cataloguing the various beers Spenser drinks over the course of the books. Not surprisingly for a Boston native, that includes a lot of Sam Adams and its many variations. Louis—made brew that stopped production in In a later book, Cole misses his Falstaff so much that he buys a case of it off eBay.

For the most part, the days of the bottle in the desk drawer are gone. Clearly, times have changed. Wallace Stroby is an awardwinning journalist and the author of eight novels, the most recent of which, Some Die Skip to main content.