

Skylar
Author: Gregory Mcdonald
Narrator: Dick Hill
Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 01/01/2009
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Gregory Mcdonald
Narrator: Dick Hill
Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 01/01/2009
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Edgar-winner author of the "acidly funny novels starring the subversive sleuth" known as Fletch and former Boston Globe reporter Gregory Mcdonald, 71, died of prostate cancer in 2008.
At times the "southern"-ness of this book gets laid on a little thick, but I suppose that's meant to be part of the joke, and it didn't bother me much. Overall, I enjoyed this book, and look forward to reading more work by McDonald. His style is plain, direct, almost Hemingway-lite with its utilitari......more
McDonald created (at least) three quite memorable characters. Fletch, of course, rules the roost, but probably only because he never had to go up against Skylar. Lately when I pick up a mystery, I'm less interested in what was done and who actually done it (sic). What I want to see is who is caught......more
I originally started this book almost a year ago and didn't get all that far before abandoning it. I think this was partially just a timing issue. I'm a fan of Gregory McDonald (the Fletch series is a favorite), but this one just started off in a way that I wasn't interested in at the time. After a......more