Confess, Fletch [Hardcover]

Gregory Mcdonald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1977 | Series: [Gollancz thriller]

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 to find a dead body, things start to get complicated.

Confess, Fletch

Inspector Flynn found him a little glib for someone who seemed to be the only likely suspect in a pretty clear case of homicide. He wasn’t exactly uncooperative, but it wasn’t like he was entirely forthcoming either. And Flynn wasn’t entirely convinced that the nineteenth-century Western artist Edgar Arthur Tharp really occupied most of Fletch’s thoughts.

Confess, Fletch

With the police on his tail and a few other things to do beside prove his own innocence, Fletch makes himself at home in Boston, renting a van, painting it black, and breaking into a private art gallery. That is when he’s not “entertaining” his future mother-in-law
and visiting with the good Inspector Flynn and his family.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Has all the zest, humor and spare lean prose of its forerunner: it has a beautifully complex plot which leaves you squirming at the final sentence and a set of slippery characters who never turn out to be just exactly what they seem. Confess, Fletch is as stimulent slipped into your nightcap that will have you up to dawn no matter what you think you have to do tomorrow.” --Joe Gores --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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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 to find a dead body, things start to get complicated.

Confess, Fletch

Inspector Flynn found him a little glib for someone who seemed to be the only likely suspect in a pretty clear case of homicide. He wasn?t exactly uncooperative, but it wasn?t like he was entirely forthcoming either. And Flynn wasn?t entirely convinced that the nineteenth-century Western artist Edgar Arthur Tharp really occupied most of Fletch?s thoughts.

Confess, Fletch

With the police on his tail and a few other things to do beside prove his own innocence, Fletch makes himself at home in Boston, renting a van, painting it black, and breaking into a private art gallery. That is when he?s not ?entertaining? his future mother-in-law
and visiting with the good Inspector Flynn and his family. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; 1st ed edition (September 1, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0575023465
• ISBN-13: 978-0575023468
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #761,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Fletch winner, October 4, 2001

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Ken - See all my reviews

This review is from: Confess, Fletch (Paperback)

I don't like it when reviewers reveal plot points, so I won't. Suffice to say, if you like other Fletch books, you will like Confess, Fletch. If you haven't read any Fletch boosk, you might want to start with Fletch, which was adapted into a funny movie starring Chevy Chase.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fletch and Flynn come together, August 8, 2000

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Confess, Fletch (Paperback)

McDonald brings the heros of his two great detective series, Irwin M. Fletcher and Francis Xavier Flynn together for their only joint appearance on the printed page. The result is a quite satisfying story in which someone attempts to fram Fletch for murder. Fans of either series will love this fine entry into both of them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars We know you did it, March 23, 2010

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This review is from: Confess, Fletch (Paperback)

Fletch turns up in Boston claiming to be researching for his forthcoming biography of Edgar Arthur Tharp Jnr. the famous artist. He's left his fiancee in Italy while she deals with her dad's kidnapping and apparent death and is a little taken aback when he finds a young dead girl in the apartment he's arranged to stay in. All of the evidence points to Fletch as the culprit and an unusual police detective called Flynn eyes him with suspicion but just can't bring himself to make the arrest.

I would have enjoyed Confess, Fletch more had the stakes been higher, but the plot is all about paintings which is too low-key and hardly creates mental images that are likely to stay with you. The procedure of solving the mystery isn't too rewarding either as it seems to be all over the place until the final twenty pages. I ought to be familiar with Fletch's methods by now, but the entire book seems to be Fletch driving around, getting in and out of cars, and having cryptic conversations with mostly bland characters. The only saving grace is Flynn who turns out to much deeper than I first expected.

I'd call this the second weakest of the Fletch series (Carioca Fletch has been the poorest so far), but is still worthy of your attention even if your a casual fan. I hope that Fletch's Fortune is better (I'm reading them in chronological order, not publish order).