A Deadly Shade of Gold

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.

A Deadly Shade of Gold

First edition cover
Author	John D. MacDonald
Language	English
Series	Travis McGee
Genre	Crime
Published	February 4, 1965[1]
Publisher	Fawcett Publications
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
ISBN	978-0-449-22442-7
OCLC	35854700
Preceded by	The Quick Red Fox
Followed by	Bright Orange for the Shroud