by Lee Child
Part of Jack Reacher, book 26
First published 2021
Jack Reacher discovers a wrecked Jeep smashed against a lone tree on an empty Arizona highway. The crash scene leads him into a declining border town where he meets Michaela Fenton, an FBI agent and former soldier searching for her missing twin brother. Her brother may have fallen in with the wrong crowd. The town operates under the control of a shadowy figure named Dendoncker, whose power runs deep through the community. Reacher must find a way to reach this elusive leader, but even getting a meeting seems impossible. The residents of this desolate place guard their secrets fiercely. Some would choose death over betrayal. Reacher faces a web of silence and danger as he tries to uncover the truth about Fenton's brother and the forces controlling the town.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Arizona, Border Town
336 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press/Random House