cover image Fletch Won

Fletch Won

Gregory Mcdonald. Warner Books, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-34095-3

This comic thriller in the Fletch series takes us back to Fletch as a fledgling newspaper reporter who wants to get promoted out of the society pages. His chance comes when Donald Habek, a wealthy lawyer, is shot dead. Fletch competes with Biff Wilson, the crime reporter, to investigate the murder, and this leads to interviews of many oddball characters in various strange situations. The story, which PW called ""wild, ribald and swift,'' ends in a mad scramble, with Biff enraged at the competition and the police trying to arrest Fletch. Major ad/promo; author tour. (April)