Fletch's Fortune (1978)

by Gregory Mcdonald

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Series: Fletch Mysteries: Publication order (Book 3), Fletch Mysteries: Chronological Order (Book 7)

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Fletch, as unbridled as ever and still living the good life in Italy on his ill-gotten fortune, gets a surprising visit from two surly FBI agents. The pair offers him a deal: either he attend the American Journalism Alliance convention and work as an undercover spy for them, or be shipped back to headquarters and face jail time for tax evasion. Reluctantly agreeing to the scheme, he catches a red-eye flight back to the States. But just as rubber hits tarmac in Virginia, news breaks on a murder at the convention. The victim-a newspaper tycoon and former employer of I. M. Fletch-was no stranger to enemies. And at a hotel full of reporters who'd all had their dealings with the tyrannical leader, everyone's a suspect.… (more)

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What a romp! Fletch is in fine form! Dan John Miller is an excellent narrator. He really picked us up and carried us away on this fun fantasy. Good mystery, clever telling with the tape recorder doing the interviews. And as always Fletch has everyone bamboozled! (

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njcur | Dec 5, 2023 |

In this selection, the president of the nationwide journalist association has been murdered. Fletch is coerced into attending, and is forced to spy on attendees. Of course, Fletch gets to the truth of everything. (

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BoundTogetherForGood | Dec 4, 2022 |

Fletch attends a journalists conference in rural Virginia. At first he believes he is being coerced into going by the CIA but comes to doubt that. The conference is kicked off by the murder of its president who is stabbed in the back with a scissors. The victim has many enemies among the attendees. Fletch figures out who did the deed in his usual relaxed way. The other characters add a lot of interest as well and there are references to prior stories on the series. (

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waldhaus1 | Nov 27, 2022 |

"Great old Walter March." 
"He fired a great many people on moral grounds."
"Oddly enough, he never fired me." (

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Jon_Hansen | Sep 20, 2022 |

Snappy dialogue, murder, sex, and Fletch could pretty much describe every Gregory McDonald novel I've read to date. McDonald doesn't waste time on providing much else and for a quick, entertaining read, you don't need anything more. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Gregory Mcdonald	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Gent, Sigrid	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Fletch's Fortune

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1978

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Irwin Maurice Fletcher

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French Riviera

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Related movies

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For Susi, Chris and Doug

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Fletch, as unbridled as ever and still living the good life in Italy on his ill-gotten fortune, gets a surprising visit from two surly FBI agents. The pair offers him a deal: either he attend the American Journalism Alliance convention and work as an undercover spy for them, or be shipped back to headquarters and face jail time for tax evasion. Reluctantly agreeing to the scheme, he catches a red-eye flight back to the States. But just as rubber hits tarmac in Virginia, news breaks on a murder at the convention. The victim-a newspaper tycoon and former employer of I. M. Fletch-was no stranger to enemies. And at a hotel full of reporters who'd all had their dealings with the tyrannical leader, everyone's a suspect.

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