I didn't know much about Fletch except that it was made into a movie back in the 80's. The main character, Fletch, is an investigative journalist that is working undercover on a story about drugs at the beach. Fletch's life becomes even more complicated when a successful business man asks Fletch to murder him in one week. Fletch agrees but only so that he can investigate why this man would ask to be murdered. The book was an entertaining read because Fletch is such a character... he has a two ex-wives that are bugging him for alimony, editors asking him to finish his story, lawyers harassing him, and yet he keeps his cool and manages to investigate two stories at the same time. His most successful investigating technique is to pretend that he is someone that he isn't and he's always lying about his identity. Both stories came to satisfying conclusions and made we want to read more books in the series. I'll give it an A-.
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