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Fletch and the Widow Bradley
Fletch and the Widow Bradley
Fletch and the Widow Bradley
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Fletch and the Widow Bradley

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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.

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Release dateJun 18, 2019
ISBN9781538542576
Fletch and the Widow Bradley
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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.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Very enjoyable, but light reading. Like all Fletch books I've read so far - some very funny, quirky bits tucked in alongside a decent investigation mystery. Fletch is fired from the paper for reporting on a business story and quoting the CEO who had been dead for over one year. But was he dead? or had he been murdered? Fletch tries to get his job back by getting to the bottom of the mystery. Wrapped up nicely and even though the book is over 30 years old (1981) - it isn't overly dated - which says quite a bit about the writing.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I liked it more than three stars but less than four. Good not great addition to the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Chronologically, Fletch and the Widow Bradley precedes the original Fletch books although the author assumes you'll be clever enough to figure it out. Indeed, here, Fletch actually cares about losing his job. He has yet to acquire his villa on the Italian Riviera. Also of note is that, despite the appearance of Moxie in this story, there is no real connection with "Fletch's Moxie" which takes place chronologically years later after Moxie becomes a star.

    This story takes us on a journey into the art of reporting and the difficulties one might encounter when one quotes recent memos of a long-dead CEO. Perhaps that small faux pas might piss the hell out of your publisher. But a good reporter is like a bulldog once he gets his teeth into something and that's just what is pulled off in this book. The pace might be a bit languid for someone used to lots of action, but what makes this one really work is that McDonald keeps a steady pace throughout as well as a singleminded focus. The one real tangent - Fletch's life as a sort of Mother Teresa type of Good Samaritan is a good foil against the main plot.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This 4th is probably my favorite Fletch novel, so far. Fletch is up to his usual antics, of course. However, in this installment, the focus mostly remains on the mystery that has directly affected him. When assigned to do a story on a small company, Fletch quoted the president, whose recent memos he had been shown. Once the article is published, though, Fletch is fired because that man has been dead for 6 to 12 months. As a journalist, Fletch can't stand that the evidence doesn't add up to what he knows to be true and so sets out to find the truth. I really enjoyed it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fletch gets around and discovers a 2020s problem. Doing a financial story Fletch quotes memos only to learn that the author was declared dead before they were written. Wandering through the puzzle presented by memos written after a man’s death Fletch travels all over the country to discover the truth.

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