Deadly Welcome
The mean streets of Romona Beach, Florida. John McDonald, of course, is one of our great crime writers and amazing storytellers. This cover looks a bit pulpish. The cover illustration is by Robert McGinnis.
Here’s Amazon’s summary:Â
“Alex Doyle is a tough man on a tough assignment in Ramona Beach, Florida, the kind of place that doesn’t trust strangers and is policed by a sheriff who echoes the locals’ sentiments with a billy club. But Alex isn’t an outsider, exactly. He grew up in Ramona Beach—until they railroaded him out of town. “Can’t trust trash,” they said. Alex has never been back . . . until his employer, the Defense Department, sends him home to locate a government scientist and get him out alive. Unfortunately for Alex, Ramona Beach has a long memory. Unfortunately for Ramona Beach, so does Alex.”
