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The Americas , also collectively called America , encompass the totality of the continents of ___MASK60___ and South America . Together they make up most of Earth ' s western hemisphere and comprise the " New World ". Travis McGee is a fictional character , created by prolific American mystery writer John D . ___MASK95___ . Unlike most detectives in mystery / detective fiction , McGee is neither a police officer nor a private investigator ; instead , he is a self - described " salvage consultant " who recovers others ' property for a fee of 50 %. McGee appeared in 21 novels , from " The Deep Blue Good - by " in 1964 to " The Lonely Silver Rain " in 1984 . In 1980 , the McGee novel " The Green Ripper " won the National Book Award . All 21 books have the theme of a color in the title , one of the earliest examples of detective / mystery fiction series to have a ' title theme ' ( e . g . the Sue ___MASK26___ ] ' alphabet ' series ; Janet Evanovich ' s ' number ' series of Stephanie Plum books , etc .) Dress Her in Indigo ( 1969 ) is the eleventh novel in the Travis McGee series by John D . ___MASK95___ . Monterrey , is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León , in Mexico . The city is ___MASK62___ to the third - largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth - largest city in the nation . Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the base of many significant international corporations . Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Romance languages are predominant . The term originated in 19th ___MASK55___ ___MASK81___ as " Amérique latine " to consider French - speaking territories in the Americas ( Haiti , French Guiana , Martinique , Guadeloupe , Saint Martin , Saint Barthélemy ) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed . It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero - America or Hispanic America  though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana . The contiguous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U . S . states plus Washington , D . C . ( federal district ), on the continent of ___MASK60___ . The term excludes the non - contiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii and all off - shore United States territories and possessions , which include American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , and the U . S . Virgin Islands . The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth ' s oceanic divisions . It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ( or , depending on ___MASK11___ , to Antarctica ) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east . The Lonely Silver Rain ( 1985 ) is the 21st and final novel in the Travis McGee series by John D . ___MASK95___ . The work was published a year prior to the author ' s death , and was not intentionally the end of the series . It is also notable for the introduction of McGee ' s daughter Jean , who he unwittingly ( but not unwillingly ) sired with the now - deceased love interest Puss Killian from the ninth book in the series : " Pale Gray for Guilt ". At the end of the book McGee has taken all of his cash in hand except for a few hundred dollars and placed it in a trust fund for his newly met teenage daughter , and needs to go back to work as a " salvage consultant ." The author ' s death prevented any further development of this new character and plot line . The Deep Blue Good - by is the first of 21 novels in the Travis McGee series by American author John D . ___MASK95___ . Commissioned in 1964 by ___MASK61___ 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 ___MASK95___ titles they had not yet read . ( ___MASK95___ also included color in a further two unrelated novels : " A Flash of Green " and " The Girl , the Gold Watch & Everything ".) Sue Taylor ___MASK26___ ( born April 24 , 1940 ) is a contemporary American author of detective novels . She is best known as the author of the ' alphabet series ' ("" A " Is for Alibi ", etc .) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa , California . The daughter of detective novelist C . W . ___MASK26___ , she has said the strongest influence on her crime novels is author Ross Macdonald . Prior to success with this series , she wrote screenplays for television movies . Cuba , officially the Republic of Cuba , is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos . Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea , the Gulf of Mexico , and ___MASK17___ Ocean meet . It is south of both the U . S . state of Florida and the Bahamas , west of Haiti , and north of Jamaica . Havana is the largest city and capital ; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey . Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean , with an area of , and the second - most populous after Hispaniola , with over 11 million inhabitants . The Caribbean Sea is a sea of ___MASK17___ Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere . It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west , to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba , to the east by the Lesser Antilles , and to the south by the north coast of South America . Mexico (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in the southern half of ___MASK60___ . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by Guatemala , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico . Covering almost two million ___MASK78___ kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), Mexico is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population of over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León . John Dann ___MASK95___ ( July 24 , 1916  December 28 , 1986 ) was an American writer of novels and short stories , known for his thrillers . The Straits of Florida , Florida Straits , or Florida Strait is a strait located south - southeast of the North American mainland , generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and ___MASK17___ Ocean , and between the Florida Keys ( U . S .) and Cuba . It is 150 km ( 93 mi ) wide at the narrowest point between Key West and the Cuban shore , and has been sounded to a depth of 6 , 000 feet . The strait carries the Florida Current , the beginning of the Gulf Stream , from the Gulf of Mexico . Florida ( Spanish for " land of flowers ") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the north by Alabama and Georgia , to the east by ___MASK17___ Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba . Florida is the 22nd most extensive , the 3rd most populous , and the 8th most densely populated of the U . S . states . Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States . The Miami metropolitan area is Florida ' s most populous urban area . The city of Tallahassee is the state capital . ___MASK60___ is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere . It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the east by ___MASK17___ Ocean , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea . ___MASK17___ Ocean is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The Long Lavender Look ( 1970 ) is the twelfth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D . ___MASK95___ . After the preceding book , Dress Her in Indigo , which was largely set in Mexico , The Long Lavender Look not only returns to McGee ' s usual haunt of Florida , but is almost entirely set in one tiny town deep in the rural part of the state . The plot begins when McGee and Meyer are driving late at night down a deserted Florida highway , when a young woman , barefoot and clad only in a nightgown , dashes across the road just in front of the car . McGee swerves and just barely misses her , but his car is thrown into ten feet of swamp water . Soon after and to their surprise , McGee and Meyer find themselves arrested , and McGee charged with murder .