John D. MacDonald had already written dozens of novels when, at 47, he launched his only series and most famous character, Travis McGee. A lot
John D. MacDonald covered several themes in his Travis McGee series, but he most regularly returned to the Drug War. Appropriately, the 21st and final
By his 20th novel of out 21, “Cinnamon Skin” (1982), Travis McGee knows who he is and is starting to accept it. John D. MacDonald’s
“Free Fall in Crimson” (1981) is a particularly rich entry in the Travis McGee series. The 19th book makes me further appreciate how John D.
John D. MacDonald challenges the definition of what a mystery can be in “The Green Ripper” (1979), his 18th Travis McGee novel. It starts as
Travis McGee is a spiritual continuation of Philip Marlowe, but with a difference that’s nicely illustrated in “The Dreadful Lemon Sky” (1974), John D. MacDonald’s
Travis McGee is John D. MacDonald’s continuation of Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe in the timeline of knights-errant transposed into 20th century American crime detection, and