A Key to the Suite : A Novel (Paperback)

from lamour

Amongst the many MacDonald books I have read, this is the most unsatisfying. Unlikable characters, no humour and an ending that leaves all unsatisfied. Not recommended. Floyd Hubbard is of to a convention where his firm has a section. His job is to fire one of the salesman who has been under pre...

from datrappert

After reading a thoroughly depressing Travis McGee novel (A Tan and Sandy Silence), I decided to turn to one of MacDonald's non-McGee books, which in my considerable experience, tend to be better. Not that there aren't some good books in the McGee series; there are. But there are also a few that ...

from andyray

JDM is excellent with fallen women, cops, and hotels. In this detailed profile of a hotel's operation, we learn everything we never wanted to now about how a murder is covered up. It's a fast-paced mystery and one of his best.

from waldhaus1

The story is almost a convenient scaffold used to draw a picture of business life and conventions of the sixties. The storyteller kills off a couple of characters, perhaps because that is the neatest way to tie up loose ends. The image painted of women and their role in the world is quite foreign...