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"Cinnamon Skin," by John D. M
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Florida salvager Travis McGee, a pleas
surprise after last year's disappoint
"Free Fall in Crimson."
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deaths of Evan Lawrence and his >
Norma after a bomb destroys the boat t
have borrowed from Norma's uncle, Mej
Meyer, McGee's longtime sidekick
away in Toronto when the tragedy occui
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government is slight.
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