One of the best known McGee novels because it was turned into a film with Rod Taylor. I can see why they went with this one - it's exciting and moody for the most part, and has a great beginning with Vangie being thrown off a bridge into the water, and strong emotional currents with McGee kind of falling for her... then she dies. He goes looking for revenge.
His plan is very complicated for what is basically messing with someone's head. The second big female role is the other girl who helped Vangie, who is a bit of a shallow bitch in MacDonald's world and not worth saving - she suggests having sex with him of course as does Vangie. and the girl he talks about at the beginning, who was getting over a bad relationship - McGee really likes to take advantage of vulnerable women (he refers to another woman he took advantage of, one he was holed up in a hotel room with while fleeing her ex). The girl who doubles for Vangie is more enigmatic - from memory she had a bigger part in the movie.
There is some good writing here - description of a fight scene, an exciting confrontation with a killer called Griff, the death of Vangie. MacDonald probably should have had a living client who was being fleeced to complicate things.
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