John D MacDonald

"A Bullet for Cinderella" by John D. MacDonald is a gripping crime thriller that revolves around themes of greed, betrayal, and redemption. The story follows Tal Howard, a Korean War veteran who returns to civilian life with a burning desire to find a hidden fortune. Tal's war buddy, Timmy Warden, had confided in him about a stash of stolen money hidden in their hometown before he died in a POW camp. Driven by this knowledge, Tal heads to the small...

The Harrowed Path describes the experience in 1972 of a 21 year old man struggling to come to terms with experiences diagnosed as Schizophrenia. It is a vivid and compelling account of events both within and out-with his fractured consciousness. The story describes the breakdown of all his normal ability and perception and their replacement with a terrifying, debilitating and self-destructive inner world. It depicts his extraordinary struggle and...

Welcome to the Eternal Church of the Believer, where devout workers operate state-of-the-art computer equipment to solicit and process the thousands of dollars that pour in daily where hundreds of prayers are offered by armies of believers where some people give much more than they should. Its home is Meadows Center, some very expensive real estate on the outskirts of a sleepy Southern town, a jealously guarded complex of offices, houses, schools,...

Someone linked to southern Florida's drug traffickers is trying to kill Travis McGee, and in order to save his own life, McGee must detonate a drug war.

"Nineteen of [King's] most unsettling short pieces: bizarre tales of dark doings and unthinkable acts from the twilight regions where horror and madness take on eerie, unearthly forms, where noises in the walls and shadows by the bed are always signs of something dreadful on the prowl"--Dust flap.

"Around four in the morning, Travis McGee is jarred awake by a breathless ghost from his past: an old flame who needs a place to stash a package full of cash. What's in it for McGee? Ten grand and no questions asked. Two weeks later, she's dead. Carolyn Milligan was only aboard McGee's boat for one night. She came to drop off a hundred grand for safekeeping. What Carrie really needed was someone to keep her safe. She said she'd be back in a month....