Cape Fear
 Nice, smooth read: Cape Fear is a quick book to read, and it's fun. The plot is based on the Bowden family: Sam, the father, Carol, his wife, and the three kids, Nancy, who will turn fifteen soon, and the younger Jamie and Bucky. During World War II, [... more]
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Scarlet Ruse
Of stamps, women, and introspection.: Travis McGee embarks on another of his trademark "salvage" missions involving a fortune in missing rare stamps. McGee's ruminations on people, relationships, human aspirations, money, politics, etc. are [... more]
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Quick Red Fox
Solving Blackmail: Travis McGee is quick to come to the rescue of damsels in distress and doesn't need much coaxing this time when actress Lysa Dean cries out for help. Lysa is being blackmailed over some photos that were taken during a 4 day drunken [... more]
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John D. MacDonald Value Collection
Travis McGee scores with Darren McGavin's winning narration: I had read the complete Travis McGee series many years ago, and had recently decided to revisit my "beach bum turned knight in slightly tarnished armor" hero once again. Faced also [... more]
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Pale Gray for Guilt
Conning the Con Men: Tush Bannon, friend of Travis, a good and gentle man is killed horrifically by an anvil crushing his face and chest. First declared suicide-admittedly a peculiar way to do the deed--- later changed to murder. Tush owned a small [... more]
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Purple Place for Dying
The Color of Truth: When a friend recommends Travis McGee as the perfect man to solve a problem, Travis McGee finds himself employed by Mono Yeoman - a woman who is as tough, and as hard, as nails. McGee leaves his Florida houseboat for the Nevada desert, [... more]
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Lonely Silver Rain
This Rain Ain't Just Silver, It's LONELY: Some years after his death, John D Macdonald remains much under-valued. The Travis McGee "colour" series parallels Macdonald's career and on re-reading can be seen to develop along with the maturity of [... more]
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Cinnamon Skin
Simply The Best: As a mystery writer making the convention circuit as my debut novel is in initial release, I find that John D. MacDonald's name frequently comes up in discussions with readers and authors. While Travis McGee is always Travis McGee, I [... more]
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Deadly Shade of Gold
Thrilled to Find Travis McGee!: "A Deadly Shade of Gold" is my first John D. MacDonald, and it won't be my last. I love the tough-as-nails-and-oh-so-smart Travis McGee. I love MacDonald's funny philosophical rants about society and the [... more]
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Dreadful Lemon Sky
Trav the Avenger: Travis McGee is visited late one night by a girl he knew years ago. She appears concerned for here safety, not allowing McGee to turn any lights on and continually checking over her shoulder as if someone might be following her. It [... more]
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Darker Than Amber
My first; definitely not my last Travis McGee: This was my first Travis McGee novel, and I'm hooked. The plot was just twisted enough to make it interesting, and the writing was clean. The main character (and probably the author) was a little more [... more]
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Dress Her in Indigo
Vintage MacDonald: It really doesn't matter which Travis McGee book you are reading because they are all so pleasureable that it is like slipping into a warm bath. They possess great narrative drive and a character that is at once bigger than life, self- [... more]
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