Book reviews

John D. MacDonald

Read a book review online (click here to search reviews)
Books Movies  
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Mystery/Thriller Literature Romance Biography History
Author MacDonald's Book Reviews Message Board
A Deadly Shade of Gold
“A Deadly Shade of Gold,” the 5th in the Travis McGee series is bawdy and brutal; a bloody chase novel taking McGee from Florida to Mexico to LA. Mac...

A Tan and Sandy Silence
Travis McGee is having the time of his life--he's doing nothing but enjoying the life on board his “Busted Flush,” entertaining all his friends i...

Barrier Island
Most of John D. MacDonald's novels are set in and around the state of Florida, but for Barrier Island, he moves around the coast to an area off the co...



Dress Her in Indigo
The drug business is big time! And Travis McGee comes face to face with this evil in “Dress Her in Indigo.” Bix Bowie, a lovely young woman, has...

Nightmare in Pink
This 2nd of the Travis McGee series is place in New York City where Travis fits about as well as Crocodile Dundee. John D. has not yet quite found hi...

MacDonald booklist

One Fearful Yellow Eye
The book is about Travis McGee's ex-girlfriend's husband being murdered, and robbed of 600,000 dollars. Travis is going on a search in Chicago to find...

Pale Gray for Guilt
Gray is the titled color for this Travis McGee novel. Once again, John D. MacDonald's hero comes to the rescue. A longtime friend of McGee's is ...

The Dreadful Lemon Sky
Travis McGee is always knee deep in a mystery! This time, the mystery arrives in the middle of the night, while he is asleep on his houseboat, The ...

The Empty Copper Sea
John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series is one of the best! Ever since the author introduced us to Travis back in 1964 in “The Deep Blue Good-by,” th...

The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper
Private Investigator Travis McGee is back in one of several novels by John D. MacDonald, that contain a color in the title. The girl referred to is M...

The Good Old Stuff
In the introduction to this book of short stories, mostly set in the late 1950's to mid 1960's, John D. McDonald, creator of the much lauded Travis Mc...

John D. MacDonald list of books

The Green Ripper
This is a book of vengeance and revenge. Travis has finally found true love, and she is snatched from him by death. At first it appears to be a leth...

The Long Lavender Look
It's all about involvement! And Travis McGee can't stay un-involved. For instance, here he is, driving along in Miss Agnes (his customized vintage ...

The Quick Red Fox
Travis McGee is back in this exciting John D. MacDonald episode, “The Quick Red Fox.” This time, he is involved in helping a famed Hollywood star w...

View these reviews in full mode

John D. MacDonald Message Board 7/28/2009 9:20:51 PM
Talk about the novels, new and used books that MacDonald has written!



Author John D. MacDonald AllReaders Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR: BethG
SCHOLARS: Jennifer Sexton  Deepa