Is Confess, Fletch Worth Reading?
Ada’s Score
The second entry in Gregory Mcdonald's beloved Fletch series finds the wisecracking journalist Irwin Maurice Fletcher arriving at a Boston apartment to find a dead woman on the floor — a woman he's never met. As the wry, unflappable Fletch deals with the bumbling police detective convinced he's the killer, he simultaneously tries to track down stolen artworks to secure funds for his upcoming marriage. Mcdonald's dialogue crackles with wit, and the mystery itself is elegantly constructed beneath the comedy. The novel perfected the ironic, dialogue-driven crime comedy that countless imitators have since attempted.
“Effortlessly funny and sharply plotted — Fletch is the kind of protagonist you'd follow anywhere, including a murder scene.”
Ada Brief
AI reading intelligence“Effortlessly funny and sharply plotted — Fletch is the kind of protagonist you'd follow anywhere, including a murder scene.”
Book Details
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- January 1, 1976
- Pages
- 270
- Language
- English
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Ada’s Score Breakdown
4.1
This breakdown reflects how Ada weighs the book’s strengths and flaws, not aggregated reader data.
Common Questions About Confess, Fletch
- Is Confess, Fletch worth reading?
- Effortlessly funny and sharply plotted — Fletch is the kind of protagonist you'd follow anywhere, including a murder scene. Ada rates it 4.1 out of 5.
- How many pages is Confess, Fletch?
- Confess, Fletch is 270 pages long — around 5–6 hours at an average reading pace.
