Pale Gray for Guilt

While I still find "Flash of Green" to be my favorite MacDonald book, there's something so appealing about the Travis McGee series that keeps me coming back to them. And "Pale Gray for Guilt" has such an engaging opening sequence of events, and such an array of fascinating characters, that you cannot put this mystery down. I just hope that MacDonald continues to gain in popularity, as I feel he is horribly overlooked.

Many of Travis McGee's 1960s adventures seem a bit dated today. In his earlier incarnation, McGee was less cynical but more of a hedonist. He became a more appealing hero the more world weary he beacme. Nevertheless, "Pale Gray for Guilt" is the best of the earlier books because it has a classic McGee story that could be the plot of an old west movie. Bad guys kill the hero's friend and the hero sets out for revenge. Only with McGee, you know the revenge won't be conventional in nature.

Enough double-crosses and triple-crosses to fill four books. After reading this book, I re-read the last two chapters of Lonely Silver Rain. Pale Gray is simply one of the best from the master!

i have, and have read all of his books..started late, in 1965, and love every one, from the first travis to the last....and all the others......cannot choose a favorite, cause all are # 10'