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You Live Once

par John D. MacDonald

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"You Live Once, " one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of "Cape Fear "and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. Clint Sewell knows there probably isn't a woman within fifty miles who would shed a tear if Mary Olan turned up dead--because there isn't a husband around who hasn't spent a night or two in Mary's bed. The latest occupant is Clint's boss. Joe's a nice guy, sure, but he's not above deceiving his wife . . . not above spreading rumors to cover up his sins . . . and maybe not above letting someone else take the fall when the unscrupulous Mary is found lifeless--with Clint Sewell's belt around her lovely neck. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald ""The "great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."--Stephen King "My favorite novelist of all time."--Dean Koontz "To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."--Kurt Vonnegut "A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about "the""best.""--Mary Higgins Clark… (plus d'informations)
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I didn't guess the Villain this whodone it until it jumps out and hit me. Everyone from the protagonist on is under suspicion. The relation between the protagonist and the leasing female characters is dated in many ways. For instance the elderly female landlord who evicts an unmarked female renter nature she lets a man into her room. ( )
1 voter waldhaus1 | Jun 23, 2019 |
Sub-par MacDonald story about a man caught up in a murder that involves his boss and various other members of the upper class of a small company town. Too reminiscent of other, better done MacDonald novels, as the protagonist is a factory manager with an adoring secretary (and has to fend off a few other women as well.) Like many MacDonald first-person narrators, he is a pretty smart guy who does really really stupid things. Nevertheless, he thinks he is smarter than he really is (as, I have decided, does MacDonald himself.) Perhaps this is the result of a Wharton/Harvard Business School education and the ability to turn out thousands of words a day.

The major failure of this book is a lack of suspense. It looks like things will pick up with about 50 pages to go, but the protagonist's predicament is too easily resolved and the climax lacks punch. In MacDonald's best work, the all-knowing author's supposed insights into female psychology flow by much easier than they do in this by-the-numbers plot. ( )
1 voter datrappert | May 1, 2011 |
Cliff Sewell is framed for the murder of a promiscuous lady half the town wanted dead anyway. ( )
  andyray | Jun 10, 2008 |
Another story of adultery leading to death, an innocent man charged with murder, and his attempts to clear himself and find out who really did it.

MacDonald's Harvard MBA shows through in this one. The hero is an executive at a machine plant, and there's a description of the track that mid-1950s manufacturers put their managers on; the moves from town to town and the suburbs those folks and their families moved into (Levittown gets a mention).

It's a good quick read, with a likable hero and a charming girl. ( )
1 voter Linkmeister | Dec 6, 2006 |
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"You Live Once, " one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of "Cape Fear "and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. Clint Sewell knows there probably isn't a woman within fifty miles who would shed a tear if Mary Olan turned up dead--because there isn't a husband around who hasn't spent a night or two in Mary's bed. The latest occupant is Clint's boss. Joe's a nice guy, sure, but he's not above deceiving his wife . . . not above spreading rumors to cover up his sins . . . and maybe not above letting someone else take the fall when the unscrupulous Mary is found lifeless--with Clint Sewell's belt around her lovely neck. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald ""The "great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller."--Stephen King "My favorite novelist of all time."--Dean Koontz "To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen."--Kurt Vonnegut "A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about "the""best.""--Mary Higgins Clark

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