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 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 stories and 70 novels resulted including 21 Travis McGee novels Following complications of an earlier heart bypass operation MacDonald slipped into a coma on December 10 and died at age 70 on December 28 1986 in St Marys Hospital in Milwaukee 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 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 stories and 70 novels resulted including 21 Travis McGee novels Following complications of an earlier heart bypass operation MacDonald slipped into a coma on December 10 and died at age 70 on December 28 1986 in St Mary s Hospital in Milwaukee Wisconsin He was survived by his wife Dorothy 1911 1989 and a son Maynard In the years since his death MacDonald has been praised by authors as diverse as Stephen King Spider Robinson Jimmy Buffett Kingsley Amis and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Thirty three years after his passing the Travis McGee novels are still in print site_link This time the sleek dancer and her hotshot pals weren t going to hoodwink Bren Harris this time he was walking into their set up armed and shooting Murder Run Around is a vengeance story from the master of suspense John D MacDonald that takes place in Mexico where Bran Harris has tracked down the woman who betrayed him and the men who murdered his brother Murder Run AroundGood escape for commuting 50 pages Murder Run Around This story is a barley decent quick read nothing really captivating basic premise revenge with a love story in the mix a bland read Murder Run Around I was ok Murder Run Around Short novel pleasant read Murder Run Around 22 jun 16 macdonald rocks this will be 78 or so if you count the shorts individually rather than collectively as i read most of them he writes good stories always entertaining and i ve only been let down once or twice now this one story begins as he had expected it was no trick to buy a gun in mexico city. 23 jun 16 finished good story revenge story set in mexico short and sweet this kindle version available from i take it book rvivals press that s how it is spelled has numerous kindle spelled errors 111 for i ll things of that nature and the spelling errors are enough to keep me curiousa nice addition that provided pause can t help but wonder about the nature of the man or the machine that does what scans text types what and no proof readers Murder Run Around
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