Fletch — 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 murder, 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.