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A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee, Bk 5)
A Deadly Shade of Gold - Travis McGee, Bk 5
Author: John D. MacDonald
A long-ago face from a faraway past -- Sam Taggart dropped in from nowhere on the girl he'd left behind -- and on his old buddy Travis McGee. And at one o'clock that night McGee opened the door to Taggart's cheap motel unit to find his friend's throat neatly cut from ear to ear and his body lying in a lake of blood smelling like ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780449142219
ISBN-10: 0449142213
Publication Date: 11/12/1981
Pages: 287
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Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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toni avatar reviewed A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee, Bk 5) on + 351 more book reviews
5th in Travis McGee series.

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MacDonald, whose 21 Travis McGee novels represent arguably the best U.S. mystery series of the past 50 years, died in 1986, leaving behind a legion of fans. Sadly, Travis McGee seems lost amid today's hip, violent, and politically correct private eyes and series detectives, so much so that most of today's younger mystery readers may never experience this National Book Award-winning series.
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A great 1965 Travis McGee story. Bodies all over the place, but Trav wins again.
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Another great Travis McGee adventure! As always, John D McDonald does not disappoint.
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Good read.
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All MacDonald books are good!
DameEdna avatar reviewed A Deadly Shade of Gold (Travis McGee, Bk 5) on + 149 more book reviews
John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series is so lucious - the locale of Southern California, McGee's "salvage expert" - so sexy and strong, life on a boat won in a card game, etc.

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