One stormy evening on his sizable but modest farm, a wet and dirty escaped convict named Jack arrives on his front doorstep, claiming to be his long-lost son. Baffled by the statement but intrigued by the young, intelligent man, Fletch decides to play along with the kidтАЩs game and help him and his cohorts abscond to Alabama.
As questions begin to arise about JackтАЩs peculiar motives, Fletch and Carrie are reluctantly drawn further into a racially charged plot thatтАЩs quickly turning violent.
Gregory Mcdonald (1937тАУ2008) insisted that he was educated while earning his way through Harvard by creating and running an international yacht troubleshooting business. A former Boston Globe reporter, he won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards for his writing as well as numerous awards for humanitarian work.