Twists come at a fast draw in ‘A Purple Place for Dying’ (1964)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Travis McGee finds things aren’t so civilized out West in the third adventure of John D. MacDonald’s series.
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Twists come at a fast draw in ‘A Purple Place for Dying’ (1964)
‘Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come’ (2019) is light reading about a heavy subject
Book club book report: Regular socializing might be a bland topic for extroverted readers, and for some introverts, it might be too weighty. It might be just right for others.
Collins eases fans back into ‘Dark Angel’ with ‘Before the Dawn’ (2002)
‘Dark Angel’ flashback (Book review): After the TV show’s cancellation, this spinoff prequel takes us back in time.
McGee’s ‘Nightmare in Pink’ (1964) only partly comes from juggling women
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): The second McGee novel especially reveals the secret that these are men’s romance novels.
‘Deep Blue Good-by’ (1964) a confident, rollicking hello to Travis McGee
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Already well-established with standalones, John D. MacDonald confidently segues to a series character.
Action gets heated in Grafton’s ‘H is for Homicide’ (1991)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Kinsey finds herself undercover in gangland L.A. as the author wildly breaks from formula.
‘G is for Gumshoe’ (1990) … and for good, but not great
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Strong concepts are underdeveloped as Kinsey enters her second year of filing reports as a P.I.
McGee series cleanses itself in ‘The Lonely Silver Rain’ (1985)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): John D. MacDonald didn’t intend for this to be his last Travis McGee novel, but it has a fitting coda.
‘Cinnamon Skin’ (1982) blows up into a good quest novel
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): MacDonald crafts one of his most psychologically interesting villains in the penultimate McGee yarn.
Fantastic ‘F is for Fugitive’ (1989) is far from a failure
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Grafton takes Kinsey up the coast to deliver her best novel since “C is for Corpse.”