A Deadly Shade of Gold

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A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965) is the fifth novel in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. The plot revolves around a solid gold Aztec statuette, and takes McGee from his home of Florida to Mexico and Los Angeles. The cover bills this novel as a "double-length adventure" and is about twice as many pages as the previous Travis McGee novels.

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What genre is A Deadly Shade of Gold?

It sits on the Thriller shelves.

Who wrote A Deadly Shade of Gold?

John D. MacDonald & Lee Child.