A Purple Place For Dying R2062 Author:John D. MacDonald Travis McGee is summoned to Arizona by a rich, beautiful arrogant woman.??And then she's dead - shot in the back at long range, lying crumpled on the ground at his feet.With the would-be client eliminated, and on a dime's worth of fee in his pocket, any ordinary detective would walk away fast.??But Travis McGee is no ordinary detective.