Fletch Author:Gregory McDonald Irwin Fletcher. A down-and-out beach bum among the drug-ridden human wreckage on a sunny California beach. Except that Fletch is a crack undercover reporter hot on the trail of the most sensational story of his career. — Until millionaire industrialist Alan Stanwyk makes him an offer his reporter's instincts won't let him turn down: commit a murd... more »er, collect a safe full of cash, board a plane to Buenos Aires, and live like a king on a dead man's money.
The catch: the victim is Stanwyk himself. And Fletch has just seven days to find out why a guy who has everything wants to throw it all away. Day by day, minute by minute, Fletch races across a sprawling canvas of California-style decadence and electrifying human intrigue, toward a stunning unguessable climax.« less