Fletch Won, Gregory Mcdonald
Fletch Won, Gregory Mcdonald
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Fletch Won

Author: Gregory Mcdonald

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/11/2018


Synopsis

Young Irwin Maurice Fletcher, a.k.a. Fletch, the eager and inventive new reporter for the News-Tribune, is having a hard time finding his place at the newspaper. After a few “mishaps” writing questionable headlines and creatively worded obituaries, Managing Editor Frank Jaffe appoints Fletch to the society pages, where he’s assigned to cover a generous yet surprising donation to an art museum from a high-powered defense attorney.But before he can secure an interview, the attorney is shot dead in the newspaper’s parking lot, no witnesses in sight. To Fletch’s chagrin, the story is reassigned to the boorish lead investigative reporter Biff Wilson, and he’s placed on a seemingly unrelated story, some society pages fluff piece about an all-women-trainers health club that’s rumored to offer a lot of “extras.” Undeterred by Biff’s threatening nature and determined to dig up the dirt on both stories, Fletch collects a cast of engaging characters and strings together the scandalous clues that lead to an eventful and unexpected conclusion.

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 Kemper

Hang on a second. I gotta start listening to Harold Faltermeyer's soundtrack while I write this review. Fletch Won is the eighth book in the series, but it’s a prequel to the original Fletch. Young Irwin M. Fletcher is a Vietnam veteran trying to become a sports reporter, but he’s been stuck writing......more

Goodreads review by Ian

Back to the publication order re-read of the Fletch novels. It took a while to restart after the dreadful Carioca, Fletch, but this is back on form. Sparkling dialogue, fast pace and witty repartee. A welcome return to form.......more

Goodreads review by James

Fletch Won is the first (chronologically), in the series, whilst being the eighth book to be published (Don't you just love prequels? (insert sarcastic wink here)). The first chapter introduces us to the wise-cracking, rookie reporter being assigned to interview a lawyer who is donating $5M to an ar......more


Quotes

“A natural storyteller, Mcdonald is the Kurt Vonnegut of the mystery story…fast-moving, quizzical, amusing, ironic.” New York Times Book Review

Fletch Won is a contender for best in the series.” Chicago Tribune

Mcdonald delivers Fletch’s sleuthings through snappy dialogue-vignettes, some of them featuring likably eccentric foils for Fletch’s own smart-alecky repartee…Bright and fast and sassy.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Wild, ribald, and swift.” Publishers Weekly