"Cinnamon Skin" is as good as, or perhaps even a little better than, the standard Travis McGee.
In this quest McGee and his eccentric economist friend Meyer are attempting to track down a man who has had several identities and several consorts whom he has killed. Bluebeard, in a word. The quest is, as it should be, the chief pleasure in a McGee mystery, but Mr. MacDonald also has a reporter's ear for odd facts and arresting tones of voice. McGee and Meyer get people talking about their work, and we hear good on-the-job briefings from a geologist, a real-estate tycoon, a farm-equipment salesman, a cafe waitress, a west-Texas police sergeant and others.
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