The shocking story from the author of the Fletch series of books begins with the story of a poor young man who came to star in a snuff film. After describing the terrible scenes that will happen to him during filming (the chapter is so realistic that the author himself recommends that the faint of heart skip it), the director’s nephew takes the main character to the bank, where he opens an account for him, into which, after filming, $30,000 will be deposited, which will go to his wife and children. The naive young man does not suspect that the director intends to deceive him, which adds poignancy to the description of his last days with his wife and children in a squalid settlement next to the city dump.