Travis McGee quiz

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1. 1 Medium

   What hidden WWII loot does McGee seek in The Deep Blue Good-by?

   Answer: Smuggled gemstones

   Why: Berry bought the stones in Ceylon and sealed them in an army canteen with wax, hidden inside a coquina rock gatepost at his Florida Keys home.

2. 2 Easy

   Who is Travis McGee's closest friend and partner on many of his cases?

   Answer: Meyer

   Why: Meyer is an economist: he named his cabin cruiser the John Maynard Keynes, and its replacement the Thorstein Veblen.

3. 3 Medium

   Which Travis McGee novel is set in Oaxaca, Mexico?

   Answer: Dress Her in Indigo

   Why: Published in 1969, this eleventh entry sends McGee and Meyer south of the border to investigate the death of a friend's daughter among expatriate dropouts.

4. 4 Medium

   Why does Lysa Dean hire Travis McGee in The Quick Red Fox?

   Answer: To retrieve blackmail photographs

   Why: Lysa Dean advanced McGee $5,000 for expenses, paid $10,000 at the end, and provided Dana Holtzer to assist him.

5. 5 Medium

   What share of recovered assets is Travis McGee’s usual fee?

   Answer: Half

   Why: If McGee fails to recover the client's lost money or property, he charges nothing for his time or expenses.

6. 6 Medium

   What drives Travis McGee to hunt a cult in The Green Ripper?

   Answer: The murder of his girlfriend

   Why: McGee infiltrates the Church of the Apocrypha to avenge Gretel, and the novel took the 1980 National Book Award for Mystery.