by Lee Child
Part of Jack Reacher, book 11
First published 2007
A man plummets from a helicopter into the California desert. In Chicago, Frances Neagley discovers that members of her former elite army investigation unit are being murdered. She tracks down Jack Reacher using a signal known only to their eight-person team. Reacher learns that one of their old comrades has been brutally killed. He reunites with the surviving team members to hunt down whoever is targeting them. Two more teammates have vanished. The investigation leads from Chicago to the neon lights of Vegas and into international terrorism. Reacher and his team must uncover the conspiracy before more of them die. They face an enemy willing to kill anyone who gets too close to the truth. Reacher trusts the people he once trusted with his life as they pursue their hunters.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: California, Chicago, Vegas
Period: 21st-century
378 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press
Content warnings: violence