A Bullet for Cinderella
Booktrack Edition

This is a stand-alone novel, first published in 1955, and written by John D. MacDonald, who is best known for his Travis McGee series. It's a classic Fawcett/Gold Medal novel in which the protagonist starts out with an apparently reasonable objective but soon finds himself in over his head and in da......more

I was leaning to 4 stars, but the suspenseful ending was just the type I'm a sucker for, so I gave A BULLET FOR CINDERELLA 5 stars. I've read perhaps a dozen of the early John D. MacDonald novels, and for my money, they represent his top form writing. The Travis McGee titles are very fine, but I rem......more

Hadn't read this one in a long, long time but quickly realized this had been one of my favorites growing up. Started reading this one about 9pm and didn't put it down until I finished it. More of a mystery in its structure but completely drenched in 1950s noir themes. You have a burnt-out Korean war......more

Fantastic early crime pulp from John D. MacDonald, perhaps best known for his Travis McGee series and Cape Fear. This is his only work freely available, on both Project Gutenberg and Librivox (with outstanding audio narration by Winston Tharp), so I had to give it a try, and I'm happy I did! The stor......more