{"product_id":"9780812983968-1","title":"A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee Series #5)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a beloved master of crime fiction, \u003ci\u003eA Deadly Shade of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can’t help it: He has to meddle. Especially when he has the chance to reunite Sam Taggart, a reckless, restless man like himself, with the woman who’s still waiting for him. But what begins as a simple matchmaking scheme soon becomes a bloody chase that takes McGee to Mexico, a beautiful country from which he hopes to return alive.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“John D. MacDonald was \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003egreat entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Deception. Betrayal. Heartbreak. When Sam left his girlfriend, Nora, and vanished from Fort Lauderdale, no one was surprised. But when he shows up three years later lying in a pool of his own blood, people start to ask questions. And his old friend Travis McGee is left to find answers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But all he has to go on are a gold Aztec idol and a very angry ex-girlfriend. Is that enough to find his friend’s killer? And when the truth is as terrifying as this, does he really want answers after all?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeatures a new Introduction by Lee Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042066972912,"sku":"9780812983968","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812983968_p0.jpg?v=1763742650","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812983968-1","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}