Fletch and the Widow Bradley, Gregory Mcdonald
Fletch and the Widow Bradley, Gregory Mcdonald
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Fletch and the Widow Bradley

Author: Gregory Mcdonald

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 5 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2018


Synopsis

Young Fletch is less than pleased to be writing a business story, something that’s well outside his field of expertise. Eager to get back out on the streets, he quickly compiles what he thinks is a well-executed article, complete with quotes from the chairman of the board’s recent memos. But when he fails to do his due diligence when researching the company and its associates, he finds himself in hot water … and now out of a job. The chairman has been dead for over a year.Realizing his mistake, he visits the widow Bradley to make amends—and to ask a few simple questions. But her strange demeanor and puzzling answers leave Fletch perplexed. He can’t help but wonder: Why would a dead man still be writing memos to his associates? Is he even dead?With his interest now thoroughly piqued, fueled by his desire to get the real story and take back his job, Fletch puts his reporting skills to work as he dives into the mystery surrounding the Bradleys’ past.

About Gregory Mcdonald

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

About Dan John Miller

Dan John Miller is an American actor and musician. In the Oscar-winning Walk the Line, he starred as Johnny Cash’s guitarist and best friend, Luther Perkins, and has also appeared in George Clooney’s Leatherheads and My One and Only, with Renée Zellweger. An award-winning audiobook narrator, he has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, has twice been named a Best Voice by AudioFile magazine, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from Publishers Weekly.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert

Maybe the twist was more shocking or original when first published, but reading it 40 years later it's telegraphed so completely that, combined with the terrible B-plot that opens and closes the book, this is the worst of the first four novels.......more

Goodreads review by Michael

This isn't the best book in the Fletch mystery series, but the snark and brilliant investigative skills of our ersatz hero are back in full force in Fletch and the Widow Bradley. This time, Fletch has made an embarrassing journalistic error that mortifies his employer and ends of getting him fired.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

After publishing a piece about a chairman, Fletch loses his job only to discover that the chairman had passed away more than a year before. Fletch visits the widow and family to make amends and learn how a deceased chairman continues to write memos to restore his journalistic reputation. I thought t......more


Quotes

“As in all the Fletch books, the dialogue is bright and snappy and the ending ingenious. Despite the prevailing flippancy, Mr. McDonald demonstrates much insight into character. He knows people, and a few sharp strokes are enough to fix them permanently. He is one of the best writers we have—to the point and always original.” New York Times Book Review