Bludis Jack
> In general, If my one recent reading and
my
> recollection is correct, the McGee books
followed
> a predictable paradigm. A wounded bird
(female)
> comes to Travis to find something that belongs
to
> her. Someone has either stolen it or conned
it
> from her. (side note: The wounded bird is
often
> from one of his past books--if not from a
past
> book from McGee's pre-series past.)
>
> Travis works to get it back for her and along
the
> line he discovers things about her that he
never
> knew before. Sometimes they are not good
things,
> more often they are additional parts of her
life
> that made her a wounded bird.
>
> Along the way, McGee uncovers the ugly past
and
> present of others as well, and he struggles
to
> get back what belongs to her. He is
usually
> successful, and he ends up, more often than
not
> in the bed of his wounded bird. His success
in
> getting her property, is often only
partially
> successful, but satisfyingly so.
SPOILER:
You didn't add the bird, is often killed near the end of the
book. In many series the author solves the problem of the
protagonist needing a love interest in the next book by not
even mentioning the previous girl or briefly explaining her
absence in the succeeding book. JDM seems compelled to kill
her off so McGee will be unattached in the next book.
Mark
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