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Gregory Mcdonald was born on February 15, 1937, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, having been accepted at the age of sixteen, but insists his real education came through the international yacht troubleshooting business he created and ran to support himself at Harvard. Described by critics as the inventor of the sunlight mystery, Mcdonald has published twenty-six books – fifteen of which are mysteries. Mcdonald’s first book, Running Scared (1964) was hugely controversial when it first came out, because of its argument for rational suicide and its critique of the Ivy League and its complementary institutions for their role in creating a cold, dehumanized, and self-destructive society. The reaction so shocked Mcdonald that it took him ten years to publish his next book. Seven of those ten years, from 1966 to 1973, were spent working at the Boston Globe as a columnist, critic, and contributor to the paper’s Sunday magazine. While at the Globe, Mcdonald became the first member of the major media to write against the Vietnam War. Mcdonald was also among the first American journalists to write in support of civil rights, women’s rights, and gay rights. For these efforts, he has received humanitarian and people’s rights awards. In 1974, Mcdonald introduced the character I. M. Fletcher, who would become an iconic figure in American popular culture, in his book Fletch. This work won the 1975 Edgar Allan Poe award from the Mystery Writers of America. In 1976, Mcdonald published its sequel, Confess, Fletch, which won the Edgar in 1977, marking the only time the award has gone to a novel and its sequel. Mcdonald’s books are comprised mostly of dialogue. A self-described post-cinematic writer, he believes that readers have been exposed to so many images through movies that long, descriptive passages are unnecessary to set scenes. This is only one of many aspects of Mcdonald’s writing that make his books unique and groundbreaking. With his signature character Fletch, Gregory Mcdonald created one of the best-known figures in crime fiction. Sexy, smart (some might say too smart for his own good), witty, and resourceful, Fletch finds himself in and out of predicaments that your average guy would avoid like the plague. The nine Fletch novels, originally published between 1974 and 1986, have been one of the most successful mystery series of all time, selling 100 million copies worldwide. They were also the basis of two successful films starring Chevy Chase. In addition to the Fletch series, Gregory Mcdonald is the author of numerous other mystery novels, including two Son of Fletch novels and three featuring Inspector F. X. Flynn. He died in 2008. |
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71350-7 (0-375-71350-6) | April 2006 | $ 12.95
Fletch Reflected
Fletch’s newfound son Jack has just heard from an old flame who’s about to marry a billionaire’s son—that is until her future father-in-law suffers several near-fatal accidents.
Fletch Reflected
The potential victim—the inventor of the perfect mirror, which allows people to see themselves exactly as others do—lives in his own secluded compound... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71359-0 (0-375-71359-X) | December 2005 | $ 12.00
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... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71356-9 (0-375-71356-5) | July 2005 | $ 12.00
In Fletch’s Moxie, the prolific Gregory Mcdonald tests his incomparable investigative journalist once again with a caper that is as perfectly plotted as Fletch is brilliant.
It seems just about everyone in Hollywood had a reason to want Steve Peterman dead. But how someone managed to put a knife in his... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71349-1 (0-375-71349-2) | December 2004 | $ 12.00
“A girl jumped off the motel’s roof. Five minutes ago.”
"Give it to me straight. Does the girl have anything to do with us? I mean, with the campaign? The presidential candidate?"
"It's your job, Fletch, to make damned sure she didn't."
FLETCH and the Man Who
When Fletch arrives as the new press representative... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71358-3 (0-375-71358-1) | July 2004 | $ 12.00
When Boston Police Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn’s barely adolescent daughter asks him to rescue her friend Billy from the cemetery, where he’s been fastened to a tree by a nail through his earlobe, the good inspector is pretty sure there’s something more behind what at first seems like a bully’s prank... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71360-6 (0-375-71360-3) | March 2004 | $ 15.00
On medical leave from the Boston Police Department, the eccentric Police Inspector and offbeat operative, Francis Xavier Flynn might have his most perplexing assignment yet. Someone is giving away hundreds of millions of dollars, and Flynn has to find out who in a hurry. As he races from Texas to Las... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71361-3 (0-375-71361-1) | March 2004 | $ 12.00
When it comes to crime, Boston Police Inspector and part-time intelligence agent, Francis Xavier Flynn is no stranger to the bizarre, the perverse, or the ridiculous. But when he is suddenly summoned by Police Commissioner D’Esopo to a secret wilderness compound far outside of their jurisdiction, he is a little surprised... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71357-6 (0-375-71357-3) | February 2003 | $ 12.00
Ever since F.X. Flynn made his first appearance in Confess, Fletch, matching wits with the inimitable Irwin Fletcher, he has befuddled, infuriated, and amazed his colleagues on the Boston Police force while in pursuit of blackmailers, murderers, embezzlers, politicians, and, occasionally, his fellow policemen.
It might have been an accident that brought... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71347-7 (0-375-71347-6) | October 2002 | $ 12.00
Carioca Fletch
Fletch’s trip to Brazil wasn’t exactly planned. But it’s Carnival time in Rio and he has plenty of money, thanks to a little arrangement made stateside. And it took him no time to hook up with the luscious Laura Soares. Fletch is beginning to relax, just a little.
Carioca Fletch
But between... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71353-8 (0-375-71353-0) | October 2002 | $ 12.00
Fletch, Too
After a few delays and without the benefit of a rehearsal, it looks like Fletch is finally getting hitched. It’s a small affair, just a few friends, the bride’s parents, the groom’s mother, and, just maybe, his father. Except Fletch’s father is supposed to be dead.
Fletch, Too
But somebody delivered the... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71351-4 (0-375-71351-4) | July 2002 | $ 11.00
Fletch and the Widow Bradley
When Fletch finds a wallet with $10,000 in cash inside, he doesn’t realize it’s the last piece of good luck he’s going to see for a while. Because when he calls in to the News-Tribune, he discovers a story he’s written is causing quite a sensation, and... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71352-1 (0-375-71352-2) | July 2002 | $ 12.00
Fletch Won
As a fledgling reporter, Fletch is doing more flailing than anything else. That and floating around from department to department trying to figure where he fits in. His managing editor’s got him pegged for the society pages, but the kind of society Fletch gets involved with is anything but polite.
Fletch... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71348-4 (0-375-71348-4) | March 2002 | $ 12.00
Confess, Fletch
The flight from Rome had been pleasant enough, even if the business he was on wasn’t exactly. His Italian fianc?e’s father had been kidnapped and presumably murdered, and Fletch is on the trail of a stolen art collection that is her only patrimony. But when he arrives in his apartment... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71354-5 (0-375-71354-9) | March 2002 | $ 13.95
Fletch
He’s an investigative reporter whose methods are a little unorthodox. Currently he’s living on the beach with the strung-out trying to find to the source of the drugs they live for.
Fletch
He’s taking more than a little flack from his editor. She doesn’t appreciate his style. Or the expense account items... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | 978-0-375-71355-2 (0-375-71355-7) | March 2002 | $ 12.00
Fletch’s Fortune
He hadn’t been a practicing journalist for years, although people remembered him and he still has a few contacts. And he’s pretty sure he hasn’t paid his dues to the American Journalism Alliance anytime recently. But somebody has.
Fletch’s Fortune
Enjoying himself on the French Riviera, developing a killer tan, and sleeping... Read More