
Synopsis
'The great entertainer of our age and a mesmerizing storyteller.' - Stephen King
When a yacht explodes in the Bahamas, apparently killing six people, Sam Boyleston, an attorney from Texas and the brother of one of the victims, is compelled to investigate the circumstances, as does Raoul Kelly, a newspaper reporter.
After the disaster the yacht's burned captain was temporarily marooned on a small island, and soon it becomes apparent that one person is ruthlessly manipulating events. But for Boyleston and Kelly proving guilt appears impossible…
1966’s The Last One Left was one of the final stand-alone novels penned by John D. MacDonald, his energies increasingly preoccupied by his bestselling Travis McGee tales that so encapsulated all of his obsessions. MacDonald loosely based the story around a real-life insurance scam of 1961 which had grave consequences for six yacht passengers, including a child and the murderer’s wife.
- Publisher: The Murder Room
- ISBN: 9781471911804
- Number of pages: 224
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 44 mm