A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin"Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, however he consistently produces great pieces for the paper. Fletch goes under cover as a individual, when his next story is about the drug trade happening on the shore. Unacquainted with Fletch's true identity, businessman Alan Stanwyk offers Fletch $50,000 to kill him. Fletch decides to unearth the entire story behind the offer.