Son of Fletch

By Gregory Mcdonald

When Fletch learns there are four ex-cons on the loose in his part of the county, little does he suspect that one of the scruffy and very dangerous men will claim to be the son he never knew--in fact, was never even told about. But when a muddy and bedraggled young man acosts him in his study, it doesn’t take our wily reporter and investigator long to surmise this kid might well be his son. And when Fletch meets the kid’s compatriots he wonders how either of them is going to get out of this situation unscathed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Apr 28, 2010
• ISBN: 9780307547118

Gregory Mcdonald

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.

Reviews for Son of Fletch

[miaculpa-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The Fletch comic mystery series has had it humorous highlights over the years, based on the life of journalist and one time political media adviser, but here McDonald passes the baton to Fletch's son, who naturally is named "Jack", to continue on the now uninspiring Fletch series.Besides Fletch meeting his long lost son, "Son of Fletch" covers their infiltration of a white supremacist group in Alabama, who, as you can imagine, are depicted as the dregs of humanity (as they should), a reflection back to an earlier Fletch adventure in Brazil, and the mystery of who exactly this young man claiming to be Fletch's son actually is. "Son of Fletch" is only for the McDonald completests amongst you.