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Country United States Series Travis McGee Media type Print (Paperback) Followed by Free Fall in Crimson Publisher Fawcett Publications | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1979 Originally published 1979 Preceded by The Empty Copper Sea Genre Mystery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Green Ripper (1979) is a mystery novel by John D. McDonald, the eighteenth of 21 in the Travis McGee series. It won a 1980 U.S. National Book Award in the one-year category Mystery.
The plot is centered on revenge against a secretive, terrorist cult that is responsible for killing McGee's lover Gretel. The title is a word play on the name of the Grim Reaper. McGee's friend, Meyer, an economist, features prominently in the novel.
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