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Name: The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper
Author: John D. MacDonald

📘 The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald

Travis McGee is a private investigator with a penchant for solving unusual cases. In this first book in the Travis McGee series, he is tasked with finding out why the beautiful and troubled daughter of Helena Pearson Trescott has been trying to kill herself multiple times. McGee arrives in the prosperous town of Fort Courtney, Florida, where he discovers that there is more to the story than meets the eye. The town is plagued by a string of murders and suicides, and McGee soon finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a local nurse. He must unravel the mystery of the Trescotts' troubled daughter and prevent her from taking her own life.

First publish date: 1968

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator

Authors: John D. MacDonald

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