Fletch's Moxie
by Gregory Mcdonald
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Ms. Moxie Mooney is Hollywood royalty—and she’s in trouble.At the summons of his on-again, off-again lover, Fletch drops in on Moxie’s film set, located in sunny Florida. If being called up for help by the box office beauty isn’t work enough, Steve Peterman, Moxie’s sleazy manager, is murdered while the cameras are rolling, and no one managed to see a thing. Despite the obvious lack of evidence, the rumor mill is still quick to churn up a potentially plausible suspect: show more Moxie.Realizing the need for a little R&R away from prying eyes, he hastily flies Moxie and her drunken father off to Key West. But trouble follows Fletch, in every sense of the word, and soon enough he’s playing host to a full house of Hollywood’s brightest.In true Fletch style, he delves into the investigation, dodging police inquiry, betting on race horses, taking a leisurely sail, and talking up his elite houseguests to get the dirt and solve this perplexing murder. show lessTags
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Fun to have this fletch book set in Fort Myers. The trip to Key West made out even more fun. The conclusion was a little surprising but well developed. MacDonald seems to enjoy surprising flip flops by his characters. Moxie and her father play more central roles and are well developed.
This volume of McDonald's Fletch series is a humorous look at the Hollywood movie industry and the nature of stardom even though it all takes place on the Florida coast. Features are an on-screen murder taking place with all camera ras rolling, a stealthy getaway by Fletch with a picnic basket and the chief suspect super-sexy movie Star Moxie, a funhouse filled with Hollywood crazies like an altered version of a murder mystery weekend in the Catskills, rioting locals, race horses, and Cuba. The opening scene was perfect as was the closing, but the middle seemed to drag with a whole lot of chitter chatter. A fairly decent read that fits in well in the Fletch universe, but it almost lost me wading through the middle
Reading books older than 2000 on my to-read shelves. It’s interesting to see how they handle race, gender and other social behaviors. Fletch is actually more progressive than others. The mix of humor and mystery is well done.
This one was really not good.
I have a vague recollection of not especially liking the books that feature the Moxie character, mainly because while all of the Fletch series is heavy on the dialogue, the particular relationship between Fletch and Moxie is a slog of endless banter.
The banter didn't bother me as much in this one; I guess I was more annoyed by the fact that almost nothing happened in the entire stupid book. Basically there's a murder, then Fletch ends up staying in a beach house with a bunch of famous people, all of whom seem to complain endlessly. Moxie's father Freddy spends a lot of the book blathering on about nothing, also endlessly. And then at the end the murderer tells Fletch "I did it."
0.5 stars rounded up.
I have a vague recollection of not especially liking the books that feature the Moxie character, mainly because while all of the Fletch series is heavy on the dialogue, the particular relationship between Fletch and Moxie is a slog of endless banter.
The banter didn't bother me as much in this one; I guess I was more annoyed by the fact that almost nothing happened in the entire stupid book. Basically there's a murder, then Fletch ends up staying in a beach house with a bunch of famous people, all of whom seem to complain endlessly. Moxie's father Freddy spends a lot of the book blathering on about nothing, also endlessly. And then at the end the murderer tells Fletch "I did it."
0.5 stars rounded up.
Delightful! Funny! Action packed! What a character Fletch is! Just love this series!
I believe this is my favorite Fletch book. I have only two books left to read from the series.
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Gregory Mcdonald was educated at Harvard University and, at the same time, started up an international yacht trouble-shooting business to help pay his way through college. In 1964, Mcdonald was hired at the Boston Globe. In his seven years with them, he worked as a writer for the Sunday Magazine, a critic, the Arts and Humanities Editor, a show more critic-at-large columnist and a member of the Editorial Board. He was hired by publisher Davis Taylor to make the Globe more competitive. With Mcdonald, the readership soared but advertisers pulled out, in part because he wrote openly against the Vietnam War, one of the first journalists ever to do so, and for arguing for Civil, Women's and Gay Rights. It was said that a group of fellow employees beat him up in the Globe parking lot for the stance he took in a controversial time period. Mcdonald has written many mysteries including the Fletch, Flynn, Son of Fletch and Skylar series. Some of the titles included in those series are Exits and Entrances, A World Too Wide, and Safekeeping. His novel The Brave was elected Trophees 813 Best Foreign Novel 1997 in France. Mcdonald has twice been the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, a recipient of humanitarian and peoples rights awards and is the past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He was suffering from cancer when he died on September 7, 2008 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Irwin Maurice Fletcher; Moxie Mooney
- Important places
- Key West, Florida, USA
- Original language
- English
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