Jim B. (jbdzyne) reviewed on 4/7/2006 + 51 more book reviews

There are more than twenty novels in John D MacDonald's "color" series, which features Travis McGee. I've read them all at least twice, in order. This one is my very favorite. Altho it was penned in 1979, the plotline is extremely topical today, in our post-9/11 world. But there's more than that, to make this great reading. (It does fall quite late in the series, so don't start with this one!) In this story, our lovable here faces his greatest challenges, and his greatest loss as well. The action alternates between a slow burning tension and heart-pumping foot-chases. We find Travis both introspective and wildly combative. This is one of those rare books that will indeed keep you turning pages well past your bedtime, even when you read it the second time. MacDonald died just a few years after he wrote "Ripper," and some twenty years after he began the series. This book, and those very few that followed it, prove that the author was at the top of his game when we lost him.

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