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Dress Her in Indigo

Dress Her in Indigo

By&
CrimeHardboiled
Pages
208
Published
1969
Language
English

Synopsis

Travis McGee is hired by a wealthy father to investigate the fate of his daughter, Bix, who vanished into the expatriate drug and hippie scene in Oaxaca, Mexico. When Bix is found dead, her four friends are still missing, and McGee must navigate a dangerous underworld of addicts and dealers to uncover what really happened to them. Joined by his young sidekick Meyer, McGee digs into the dark underbelly of the Oaxaca scene, where the line between victim and perpetrator is rarely clear.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseGrittyMelancholicAtmospheric
Morally GreyMentor FigureMultiple POVs

Genres

Crime Hardboiled Mystery Noir

About the author

J
John D. MacDonald

John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania but dropped out to move to New York City, where he took menial to support himself. While attending the School of Management at Syracuse University, he met Dorothy Prentiss, and they married in 1937. He graduated from Syracuse the following year, and in 1939 he received an MBA from Harvard University. During World War II he served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Far...

Characters

Travis McGeeProtagonist
Bix BowieSupporting
MeyerSupporting
All characters in Dress Her in Indigo