Darker than Amber (1966) is the seventh novel in the Travis McGee series by John D.

The title phrase, "Darker Than Amber" appears on page 31 of the first edition when Travis McGee is referring to the eyes of the girl who was thrown over the bridge.

They were a strange yellow-brown, a curious shade, just a little darker than amber, and there were small green flecks near the pupils."

He can walk a beach, go into any bar, cross any playground, and acquire people the way blue serge picks up lint, and the new friends believe they have known him forever.

Perhaps it is because he actually listens, and actually cares, and can make you feel as if his day would have been worthless, an absolute nothing, had he not had the miraculous good fortune of meeting you.