

Flynn
Author: Gregory Mcdonald
Series: Flynn Series #1
Narrator: Donald Corren
Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/07/2019
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Humorous
Author: Gregory Mcdonald
Series: Flynn Series #1
Narrator: Donald Corren
Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/07/2019
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Humorous
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.
Donald Corren is an audiobook narrator and a New York actor with leading credits on and Off-Broadway, as well as numerous television appearances. On Broadway, he costarred with Judy Kaye in the critically acclaimed production of Souvenir, and replaced Harvey Fierstein in the seminal production of Torch Song Trilogy. His Off-Broadway appearances include The Soap Myth, Dietrich & Chevalier, The Last Sunday in June, Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night, and the original New York production of Tomfoolery. His television credits include eight seasons as forensic tech Medill on NBC’s Law & Order, as well as his current role as Dr. Kurian on Syfy’s Z Nation.
Flynn is an interesting spinoff of Gregory McDonald's Fletch series. Francis Xavier Flynn, a Boston police inspector with a mysterious past, is just as irreverent, sarcastic and brilliant as Fletch and perhaps (arguably) a better investigator. In Flynn, an airplane explodes shortly after take-off (an......more
This is my first Flynn book after reading a handful of Gregory MacDonald's Fletch books. When MacDonald is writing at the peak of his powers, he's fantastic. He writes wonderful characters and humorous dialogue. But I found that a couple of the Fletch novels were disappointing. It felt like MacDonal......more
I must say that I liked this work better than the Fletch series. I especially enjoyed how Flynn cared about his family, though I didn't see much consistency in his moral compass when he sent his young sons to do dangerous undercover work. It came across as someone who either never had kids or who wa......more
I've ready every Fletch book and was eager to start on this spinoff series. I don't know if I'll continue or not. It was ok, I'd say 3.5 stars. It reads easy enough but to start it was hard to get a visual on Flynn in my head. Oddly enough, Colm Meany (the actor) popped in my head as Flynn and sudde......more