Gregory Mcdonald Reihenfolge der Bücher

Infusing elements of dark reality into this richly detailed, comical series, Mcdonald's first volume, Flynn, delves deeper into the curious character first introduced in the bestselling Fletch series-Francis Xavier Flynn. Early one morning as Boston's only investigator is returning home from solving another peculiar case, he has the displeasure of witnessing a spectacularly horrible show outside his front door: a massive aircraft, carrying over one hundred souls, exploding in midair over the harbor. Almost immediately, the Human Surplus League takes credit for the heinous act of terrorism. But "Reluctant Flynn" isn't so easily convinced, unlike his partner and governmental counterparts. Now finding himself at the whim of the tedious and ill-mannered FBI agents as they follow bunk leads and question all the wrong suspects, he decides to do his own digging, employing family and encountering new friends and old acquaintances along the way. As the truth begins to trickle forth, Flynn finds himself staring down a much bigger-and much deadlier-problem.

When Fletch learns there are four ex-cons on the loose in his part of the county, little does he suspect that one of the scruffy and very dangerous men will claim to be the son he never knew--in fact, was never even told about. But when a muddy and bedraggled young man acosts him in his study, it doesn’t take our wily reporter and investigator long to surmise this kid might well be his son. And when Fletch meets the kid’s compatriots he wonders how either of them is going to get out of this situation unscathed.

1997 debütierte der Schauspieler Johnny Depp mit der Verfilmung des Romans von Gregory McDonald „The Brave“ als Regisseur. Nun liegt der Roman - zum ersten Mal - in deutscher Sprache vor. Übersetzt und herausgegeben von Annette Lorenz. Der Indianer Raphael lebt mit seiner Familie, ohne jede finanzielle Unterstützung, in einer illegalen Trailersiedlung am Rande einer Müllkippe im Mittleren Westen der USA. Die Chance, seine kleine Familie durch Arbeit zu ernähren, liegt, ohne Protektion, bei Null. Und so geht der junge Trinker nach Morgantown um sich für 30 Tausend Dollar in einem „Snuff-Movie“ zu Tode foltern zu lassen, um mit seinem qualvollen Sterben seiner Familie ein besseres Leben zu ermöglichen. Raphael erhält nach Unterzeichnung des Vertrages einen Vorschuss von 200 Dollar. Beladen mit Geschenken für seine Frau und die beiden kleinen Kinder fährt er zurück, um mit ihnen die zwei letzten Tag seines jungen Lebens zu verbringen.

When it comes to crime, Boston Police Inspector and part-time intelligence agent, Francis Xavier Flynn is no stranger to the bizarre, the perverse, or the ridiculous. But when he is suddenly summoned by Police Commissioner D’Esopo to a secret wilderness compound far outside of their jurisdiction, he is a little surprised to find himself the hostage of a secret club of the nation’s most powerful and peculiar. Famous for his irreverent methods and razor sharp intellect, Flynn is forced to conduct a clandestine murder investigation. But before one murder is even solved, membership at the Rod and Gun Club continues to drop.

On medical leave from the Boston Police Department, the eccentric Police Inspector and offbeat operative, Francis Xavier Flynn might have his most perplexing assignment yet. Someone is giving away hundreds of millions of dollars, and Flynn has to find out who in a hurry. As he races from Texas to Las Vegas, from Massachusetts to Russia, Flynn quickly discovers that this is not the pastime of an eccentric billionaire, nor is it a nefarious counterfeiting scheme. Someone is looking to wreck the nation’s economy and bizarrely enough, spending a lot of money to do it. With every lead going nowhere, Flynn’s most dizzying logic is put to the test, but the clue he needs could be somewhere in his own murky past.

Fletch, TooAfter a few delays and without the benefit of a rehearsal, it looks like Fletch is finally getting hitched. It’s a small affair, just a few friends, the bride’s parents, the groom’s mother, and, just maybe, his father. Except Fletch’s father is supposed to be dead.Fletch, TooBut somebody delivered the letter, signed Fletch (senior) and containing an invitation (and a pair of plane tickets) to visit the old man in Nairobi for the honeymoon. Never mind Fletch and his bride were planning a ski trip to Colorado.Fletch, TooNo sooner does the couple land in Africa (togged out for skiing!), then the search for Fletch’s father begins. There’s a murder at the airport, reports of the old man’s incarceration, and the hospitality (and evasiveness) offered by pop’s best friend, who flies them across the continent, just a step or two behind (or maybe ahead of) the old rascal.

Fletch kommt in eine fremde Stadt, mietet ein Apartment und findet gleich bei seinem Einzug eine tote Frau auf seinem Wohnzimmerteppich. Ein sonnenklarer Fall für Inspektor Flynn, denn alle Indizien sprechen gegen Fletch. Der aber will keinen Mord gestehen, den er nicht begangen hat. So muß er sich selbst auf die Suche nach dem Mörder machen. Ein weiteres spannendes Buch um den zynischschrägen Individualisten Fletch. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Carioca Fletch Fletch’s trip to Brazil wasn’t exactly planned. But it’s Carnival time in Rio and he has plenty of money, thanks to a little arrangement made stateside. And it took him no time to hook up with the luscious Laura Soares. Fletch is beginning to relax, just a little. Carioca Fletch But between the American widow who seems to be following Fletch and the Brazilian widow who’s fingered Fletch as her long-dead husband, he suddenly doesn’t have much time to enjoy the present or even get a wink of sleep. Carioca Fletch A thirty-year-old unsolved murder, a more recent suicide, an inconvenient heart attack–somehow Fletch is connected to all of them and one of those connections might just shorten his own life. From Rio to Bahia and back again, at the height of Carnival, Fletch has to keep moving or get stopped cold. From the Trade Paperback edition.