Fletch And The Widow Bradley (2002) - Plot & Excerpts
Yet another tale in which Fletch gets fired for writing a piece about some industrial group for his newspaper in which he quotes memos from the dead chairperson. The person being dead for close to a year. Fletch being Fletch does the nice thing and goes in person to visit all possible relatives to apologize, sort of that is. He gets really curious when he finds out that the dearly departed was actually a carpet. And so Fletch sniffs around the dead persons history while inbetween enjoying the carnal pleasures with Miss Moxie Mooney, and turns down a chance of working with her even more closely.Yes it is another Fletch tale by Gregory McDonald, and as always it is less about the solution and more about the road traveled and the brilliant and often fun conversations and crazy observations that are penned down. For me the movie Fletch should always have been Matthew McConaughey instead of Chevy Chase, even if the last one did a fine job. McDonalds solution has been put down by some reviews as no longer an issue these days, but looking at the puritanical version the US is turning into I would say it still is a big deal.Great and fun installment of a fun series to read, well recommended.
Apparently, the Oakland Public Library only has Large Print editions of McDonald's Fletch/Flynn books that are still in their catalog. So, this is my second McDonald book that I had the opportunity to read in glorious 18-point English Times type. The pages fly by *even* faster.The prior Fletch novel, Fletch's Fortune, was disappointing because we spent more time with tape recordings rather than with I.M. Fletcher. This time around Fletch is back for the whole journey, so the snappy dialogue is back in full force. It's easy to sort out the solution to the central mystery about 1/3 of the way through the book, but riding shotgun with Fletch carries the rest of the story. The big reveal isn't as much of a shock now, but the book is 32-years-old.Looking forward to more time with Fletch.
What do You think about Fletch And The Widow Bradley (2002)?
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.
—Stuart Lutzenhiser
