Fletch (Fletch Mysteries, 1) - Softcover

Mcdonald, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538541920 ISBN 13: 9781538541920

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2018

Synopsis

Book One in the bestselling mystery series that brought to life an iconic literary antihero of subversion and schemes.

Fletch, investigative reporter extraordinaire, can't be bothered with deadlines or expense-account budgets when it comes to getting his story.

Working undercover at the beach to dig up a drug-trafficking scheme for his next blockbuster piece, Fletch is invited into a much deeper narrative. Alan Stanwyk, CEO of Collins Aviation and all-around family man, mistakes the reporter for a strung-out vagabond and asks him for a favor: kill him and escape to Brazil with $50,000. Intrigued, Fletch can't help but dig into this suspicious deal he's being offered.

Dodging the shady beach police as his case begins to break open, and with his temperamental editor Clara pushing for his article, he soon discovers that Stanwyk has a lot to hide and this plan is anything but what it seems.

About this title

About the Author:

Gregory Mcdonald (1937-2008) insisted that he was educated while earning his way through Harvard by creating and running an international yacht trouble-shooting business. A former Boston Globe reporter, he won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards for his writing as well as numerous awards for humanitarian work.

Review:

''The toughest, leanest horse to hit the literary racetrack since James M. Cain, and it's sheer pleasure to watch him make his run.'' --Pete Hamill, New York Times bestselling author, praise for the author

''A top-rate thriller told in stripped down language that races to a climax.'' --Washington Post

''Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch novels are the pinnacle of California sunshine noir -- twisty, smart-alecky, and very, very human. I. M. Fletcher is a 'detective' in a world that's determined to drown him in its petty mysteries. Fletch is the tanned, not-as-amoral cousin of Highsmith's Tom Ripley, and one of the great literary creations.'' --Patton Oswalt

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1538541920
• ISBN 13: 9781538541920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 241