The Deep Blue Good-by
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| Author | John D. MacDonald |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Travis McGee |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | Fawcett Publications |
Publication date | May 21, 1964 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 144 (Mass Market Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-449-22383-3 (Paperback) |
| OCLC | 32512809 |
| Followed by | Nightmare in Pink |
The Deep Blue Good-by is the first of 21 novels in the Travis McGee series by American author John D. MacDonald.
Commissioned in 1964 by Fawcett Publications editor Knox Burger, the book establishes for the series an investigative protagonist in a residential Florida base. All titles in the 21-volume series include a color, a mnemonic device which was suggested by his publisher so that when harried travelers in airports looked to buy a book, they could at once see those MacDonald titles they had not yet read.