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Boston Police inspector and undercover international spy F. X. Flynn is back in this third rollicking installment of the Flynn series. Finding himself in a complicated and sensitive dilemma, Police Commissioner Eddy D'Esopo summons Inspector Flynn to an extravagant country house hidden deep in the woods, cleverly disguised as a hunting and fishing lodge and aptly named the Rod and Gun Club. Unfortunately, Flynn hasn't been called up for a weekend of leisure, he's there to solve the mystery show more surrounding the death of a young and promising congressman. Filled with America's eccentric, uber-rich and powerful elites, all fiercely dedicated to the club's secrecy, Flynn is quick to discover that this is no ordinary hunting man's getaway, and just as he begins to uncover conflicting evidence, another member is found brutally murdered. show lessTags
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In interesting book, and not all that similar to Confess, Fletch or Flynn, in that Flynn seems to have relatively little control over the situation. In many respects, it more resembles Fletch's Fortune as an indictment of the rich elite and a commentary on the powerlessness of those they subjugate. In this, and in the sort of hapless but witty way Flynn navigates the situation, the book reads more like a Fletch novel than a Flynn one; however, there's certainly nothing wrong with a Fletch novel.
Oh boy. This is the first of Gregory McDonald's books that I haven't loved. There are so many characters in this book that I stopped trying to keep them straight. Beyond that, there is objectional content, but it was originally published in 1984 so there was not the awareness that there is today. I would recommend that anyone who has a family member or friend with cognitive issues steers clear of this title.
This whole series is quite a romp! We really love these. We laugh and laugh! Always a good puzzle along with the witty language. Love the characters.
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45+ Works 7,381 Members
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
- 1984
- People/Characters
- Francis Xavier Flynn
- Dedication
- To Jane Choate Swan
- First words
- Flynn answered the telephone saying, "I'll tell him when he comes in."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Truth is," Flynn said. "They do."
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- Members
- 263
- Popularity
- 122,641
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- English, Hungarian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- ASINs
- 9
