The Last One Left
A Novel
John D. MacDonald
- Murder
- at
- sea.
- No
- survivors,
- no
- evidence,
- no
- loose
- ends.
- Only
- a
- boatload
- of
- cash
- left
- for
- the
- taking.
- In
- this
- explosive
- novel
- from
- the
- author
- of
- the
- Travis
- McGee
- series,
- nothing
- is
- certain—not
- with
- enough
- money
- at
- stake
- to
- change
- a
- dozen
- lives
- .
- .
- .
- or
- end
- them.Introduction
- by
- Dean
- KoontzCrissy
- Harkinson
- knows
- all
- about
- the
- cash
- that
- left
- the
- Gold
- Coast
- of
- Florida,
- headed
- for
- the
- Bahamas
- on
- board
- a
- pleasure
- boat.
- It
- came
- from
- Texas,
- unrecorded,
- intended
- as
- a
- bribe.
- Now
- it
- is
- Crissy’s
- last
- chance
- for
- the
- big
- score
- she’s
- been
- working
- toward
- for
- years,
- using
- her
- brains
- and
- her
- body.Then
- other
- people
- get
- involved,
- including
- a
- Texas
- lawyer
- too
- cool
- to
- commit
- himself
- to
- anything
- or
- anybody,
- a
- beautiful
- Cuban
- maid
- who
- might
- not
- be
- as
- silly
- as
- she
- seems,
- and
- a
- pitifully
- broken
- girl,
- adrift
- and
- unconscious
- in
- a
- tiny
- boat
- on
- the
- giant
- blue
- river
- of
- the
- Gulf
- Stream.
- Turns
- out
- these
- are
- shark-infested
- waters.
- And
- none
- of
- them
- are
- going
- down
- without
- a
- fight.Praise
- for
- John
- D.
- MacDonald
- and
- The
- Last
- One
- Left“As
- a
- young
- writer,
- all
- I
- ever
- wanted
- was
- to
- touch
- readers
- as
- powerfully
- as
- John
- D.
- MacDonald
- touched
- me.”—Dean
- Koontz“A
- stunning
- adventure.”***—Chicago
- Tribune***“John
- D.
- MacDonald
- created
- a
- staggering
- quantity
- of
- wonderful
- books,
- each
- rich
- with
- characterization,
- suspense,
- and
- an
- almost
- intoxicating
- sense
- of
- place.”—Jonathan Kellerman
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