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It might have been an accident that brought down the Boeing 707 over Boston Harbor. Or it could have been greed, murder, or even terrorism, and it's up to inspector Flynn to get to the bottom of it.Tags
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We really enjoyed listening to this book. We love Gregory McDonald. We were massively confused by the end and spent quite some time trying to figure out what happened. We read and reread the print edition when we were unable to make sense of the audio. Lots of laughs and great characters. We'll definitely look for more of the series, but we were quite bumfuzzled by the finale.
I was so glad to have the "Flynn" novels to read after finishing up the "Fletch" novels by Gregory McDonald. What a treat.
Readers were first introduced to Francis Xavier Flynn in "Confess, Fletch." Astute readers surely assumed there was more to this Boston Police "Inspector" than met the eye, and they learn that is surely true in this selection.
McDonald hits the mark, again.
Readers were first introduced to Francis Xavier Flynn in "Confess, Fletch." Astute readers surely assumed there was more to this Boston Police "Inspector" than met the eye, and they learn that is surely true in this selection.
McDonald hits the mark, again.
The Fletch series has it's obvious charms. Flynn and his excellent family are a counterpoint, and rich in characters and mystery.
A spin-off of the Fletch comic-mystery series, Flynn is a pale imitation of the Fletch books (which weren't that great to start with anyway). Police man Flynn investigates a plane crash with lots of red herrings. I read to the end but only because I'm a completist.
a plane explodion is traced to international arms deal chicaniry
#205 in our old book database. Not rated.
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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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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1977
- People/Characters
- Francis Xavier Flynn
- Important places
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Dedication
- To Chris and Doug
- First words
- "Good night, Grover. I'm sure you're right."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Oh, God," Flynn said. "I want my tea."
- Original language
- English
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Statistics
- Members
- 326
- Popularity
- 97,618
- Reviews
- 6
- Rating
- (3.55)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 6
