The Long Lavender Look

The Long Lavender Look
First edition cover
Author	John D. MacDonald
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Travis McGee
Genre	Mystery novel
Publisher	Fawcett Publications
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Preceded by	Dress Her in Indigo
Followed by	A Tan and Sandy Silence

The Long Lavender Look (1970) is the twelfth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. After the preceding book, Dress Her in Indigo, which was largely set in Mexico, The Long Lavender Look not only returns to McGee's usual haunt of Florida, but is almost entirely set in one tiny town deep in the rural part of the state.

The plot begins when McGee and Meyer are driving late at night down a deserted Florida highway, when a young woman, barefoot and clad only in a nightgown, dashes across the road just in front of the car. McGee swerves and just barely misses her, but his car is thrown into ten feet of swamp water. Soon after and to their surprise, McGee and Meyer find themselves arrested, and McGee charged with murder.

References

Merril, Hugh (2000). The Red Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur. ISBN 978-0-312-20905-6.
Geherin, David (1982). John D. MacDonald. F. Ungar Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8044-2232-1.

Travis McGee

Novels	The Deep Blue Good-by Nightmare in Pink A Purple Place for Dying The Quick Red Fox A Deadly Shade of Gold Bright Orange for the Shroud Darker than Amber One Fearful Yellow Eye Pale Gray for Guilt The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper Dress Her in Indigo The Long Lavender Look A Tan and Sandy Silence The Scarlet Ruse The Turquoise Lament The Dreadful Lemon Sky The Empty Copper Sea The Green Ripper Free Fall in Crimson Cinnamon Skin The Lonely Silver Rain

Related	Darker than Amber John D. MacDonald

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