nFrom a beloved master of crime fiction, The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat. n He had done a big favor for her husband, then for the lady herself. Now she's dead, and Travis McGee finds that Helena Pearson Trescott had one last request of him: to find out why her beautiful daughter Maureen keeps trying to kill herself. But what can a devil-may-care beach bum do for a young troubled mind? n n McGee makes his way to the prosperous town of Fort Courtney, Florida, where he realizes pretty quickly that something's just not right.

Not only has Maureen's doctor killed herself, but a string of murders and suicides are piling up--and no one seems to have any answers. n n Just when it seems that things can't get any stranger, McGee becomes the lead suspect in the murder of a local nurse. As if Maureen didn't have enough problems, the man on a mission to save her will have to save himself first--before time runs out. n n The Travis McGee novels are among the finest works of fiction ever penned by an American author.--Jonathan Kellerman n nFeaturing a new Introduction by Lee Childn