3in1 The Blond Baboon/Nine O'Clock Tide/One Fearful Yellow Eye Author:Janwillem van de Wetering, Mignon G. Eberhart, John D. MacDonald The Blond Baboon — This another fine book in the consistently entertaining series about the author's three protagonists: the gentle but wise and firm Commissaris or Chief Inspector of the Amsterdam police; offbeat DeGier who is interested in art, gourmet cooking and his pets as well as crime; and Grijpstra, the experienced and more conventional d... more »etective. Here they must find out who killed a wealthy furniture dealer, and what connection a number of her associates and relatives seemed to have with other assorted criminal activities.
Nine O'Clock Tide
Mignon Eberhart is at her familiar best with this story. It begins with an apparently cut-and-dried murder of a wealthy man married to a young, attractive girl. How and why Sam, a splendid swimmer, could have drowned off his own beach one beautiful evening, makes a readable novel of suspense for her faithful fans - and will surely win her some new ones.
One Fearful Yellow Eye
Travis McGee, always the man to assist a lady in distress, leaves Florida and heads north to answer a call from a girl with a problem. Recently widowed by a husband McGee practically sponsored, she is being accused by his relatives of stealing his substantial estate which has disappeared. Both she and McGee know she didn't do it, but finding out who had leads McGee into a completely unexpected and nearly fatal situation.
This Travis McGee story is sure to please his many fans, and attract new ones.« less