Books like Fletch's Fortune by Gregory Mcdonald

A locked‑in murder on the Orient Express forces detective Hercule Poirot to unravel a mystery among a diverse group of passengers during a snowbound night.

Hard‑boiled detective Sam Spade races to recover a priceless, gem‑encrusted statuette while double‑crosses and danger creep from every corner.

Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer leaves Miami for Hollywood, chasing a deadbeat client and an opportunity to make a killer movie, only to find the glitter‑filled film world is as treacherous as any mob killing.

Fletch, an unorthodox investigative reporter, takes a high‑stakes assignment from multimillionaire Alan Stanwyk, only to uncover a tangled web that challenges his methods and ethics.

Fletch confronts a four‑ex‑convex menace when a scruffy newcomer claims to be his long‑lost son, forcing the seasoned reporter and investigator into a dangerous hunt for truth and redemption.

In Hollywood, investigative journalist Fletch must unravel the murder of Steve Peterman while navigating suspects that include his girlfriend, box‑office star Moxie Mooney. A tense thriller set in Californian studios and Key West.

Private investigator Fletch races through California to recover a lost art collection while evading police suspicion and confronting a shocking murder.

TRAVIS MCGEE #1

In Boston’s gritty Dorchester, private eyes Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro investigate a missing woman and a vanished detective, confronting a web of lies, corruption, and violence while risking their lives.

Fletch finds himself in a whirlwind mystery when his expected wedding turns into an urgent search for his estranged father in Africa, leading to a murder, a hidden jail, and unexpected twists across continents.

First case for rookie reporter Fletch, who stumbles from routine society scoops to a murder investigation when a prominent lawyer dies beside the News‑Tribune. A sharp, satirical crime novel.

Nick and Nora Charles navigate a New York murder mystery with wit and charm, turning a hard‑boiled investigation into a sophisticated comedy of manners.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

Travis McGee: The Turquoise Lament

Mystery novel featuring private investigator Lew Archer in Los Angeles.

Travis McGee #13

Fletch’s accidental trip to Brazil lands him at Carnival in Rio, where romance and danger collide as he navigates a web of murders, suicides, and a heart attack that could end his life.

Her twin sister Jenine had been murdered, and Jeanette Boyington wanted St. Louis-based private eye Alo Nudger to help find the killer. Nudger knew he shouldn't take the case, knew it wasn't a good idea to get involved in an active police investigation. But he needed the work, and so he agreed to take it—and soon found himself caught in a web of deceit and danger.A murderer is stalking the streets of the Gateway City, and the only connection between his victims are the nightlines—special phone lines used by the phone company to test equipment. At night, lonely people use them to make contact with each other: to talk, to meet, perhaps, to have someone who will care, even if just for a moment, anonymously. But something has gone horribly wrong, and people are dying.Nudger is part of the network now, and discovers the very special lure of the nightlines when he falls in love with a woman he meets over them. A woman who may be the next victim...

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Travis McGee #21

A Nero Wolfe detective collection, Three Witnesses gathers three 1950s novellas where each crime begins with an eyewitness to the event’s prologue.

Fletch’s new son, Jack, infiltrates a billionaire’s compound as a pool hand to protect an inventor of a perfect mirror from accidents, while navigating a tangled love triangle that threatens the wealthy heiress’s future.