The Lonely Silver Rain

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The Lonely Silver Rain
First edition (h/b)
Author	John D. MacDonald
Language	English
Series	Travis McGee
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	1985
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	231
ISBN	0-394-53899-4
Preceded by	Cinnamon Skin

The Lonely Silver Rain (1985) is the 21st and final novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. The work was published a year prior to the author's death, and was not intentionally the end of the series. It is also notable for the introduction of McGee's daughter Jean, who he unwittingly sired with the now-deceased love interest Puss Killian from the ninth book in the series: Pale Gray for Guilt. At the end of the book McGee has taken all of his cash in hand except for a few hundred dollars and placed it in a trust fund for his newly met teenage daughter, and needs to go back to work as a "salvage consultant." The author's death prevented any further development of this new character and plot line.^[1]^[2]

Themes

The phrase, "The lonely silver rain" appears in page 222 of the first edition hard cover (there's 232 pages in the book). "The rain was heavier. It bounced high off the asphalt, an eight-inch curtain fringe of lonely silver rain. I could stand there until it ended and nothing would change."

The money recovered from McGee's "salvage consultancy" was from finding the Sundowner boat (which was renamed Lazidays) was $193,500, but then he gave $20,000 to a friend named Mick for assistance in the mission.

Awards

The novel was nominated for the 1986 Anthony award for Best Novel.^[3]^[4]

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.
^ "Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees". Bouchercon.info. October 2, 2003. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
^ "Anthony Awards". Stop, You're Killing Me!. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

Travis McGee by John D. MacDonald

Novels

The Deep Blue Good-by (1964)
Nightmare in Pink (1964)
A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
The Quick Red Fox (1964)
A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
Darker than Amber (1966)
One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
Pale Gray for Guilt (1968)
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968)
Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
The Long Lavender Look (1970)
A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971)
The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
The Turquoise Lament (1973)
The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974)
The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
The Green Ripper (1979)
Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
Cinnamon Skin (1982)
The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)

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