----- Original Message ----- From: "JIM DOHERTY" <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>
> > Did JD MacDonald ever write any novels with
real PIs
> > (as opposed to
> > pseudo-PI Travis McGee)?
> If memory serves correctly (and if it doesn't,
I'm
> sure others here will correct me), JDM's 1963
novel,
> THE DROWNER, also features an insurance detective
as
> its protagonist. This novel was adapted for TV as
a
> presentation of the anthology series KRAFT
SUSPENSE
> THEATRE.
In THE DROWNER a woman hires Miami PI Paul Stanial to
investigate the death of her sister, who drowned while
swimming alone in a lake. It's interesting that JDM's next
book was "THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY", which introduces Travis
McGee.
Al
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