by Lee Child
Part of Jack Reacher, book 13
First published 2009
Jack Reacher boards an uptown subway at two in the morning. Five other passengers share the car. Four pose no threat. The fifth passenger, Susan Mark, carries a dangerous secret that has put her under surveillance from Washington to California to Afghanistan. When Reacher gets involved, he discovers that dozens of people are watching Mark, and they all share one trait: they lie to him. Some tell small lies, others massive deceptions, but all of them lie enough to get him killed. The confrontation launches Reacher into a deadly race through Manhattan's streets. Violent soldiers from all sides of a shadow war crowd the urban maze around him. Reacher trusts no one by choice, but now that isolation becomes his survival strategy. The chase ends only when he stands face to face with his most dangerous enemy.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Manhattan, Afghanistan, California, Washington
Period: 2 AM
441 pages · Hardcover · Transworld Publishers
Content warnings: violence