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Confess, Fletch is the second in in the Fletch series by Gregory Macdonald.
Fletch returns to the states, engaged to a baroness and enlisted to find his betrothed’s father’s missing paintings. He is quickly wrapped up in a second mystery and funs afowl of Inspector Flynn. Flynn suspects there’s more to Fletch than meets the eye, but Flynn has secrets of his own.
This book takes place a few years after the events of the original Fletch book, which confused me quite a bit. There is a book that details the time between the first two books, but it was written later. I have chosen to read these books in published order rather than chronological. There are a few instances in this series where that might confuse me, I think. There are other places in the order where McDonald wrote prequels or books that fit in between books he had written previously. Once I got into the flow of the story, I really enjoyed this installment, even though it’s very different in tone to the first book. I like that Fletch was smart in this book, but also lucked into a lot of things. I loved the introduction of Flynn and definitely want to get the books that follow him, as this book acts as a sort of backdoor pilot. Overall, I found this to be a satisfying mystery, following several threads and mysteries as seems to be common in Fletch books. I will certainly be continuing with this fun and sassy 70s style series. I would recommend this book to those who read the first in the series, those who want to get into the series but don’t want to start with the first book (as I think this works fine as a standalone), and those who like swinging 70s style books.
Who is your favorite irreverent lead in a series?
This book can be seen in my May Wrap Up.
*editor’s note: I’ll be posting some blogs that have photos already, while I deal with the photo issues I’m encountering. This might mean that some books and other articles might come out of order.