by Lee Child
Part of Jack Reacher, book 19.1
First published 2014
Jack Reacher settles into a Boston bar to catch a baseball game, knowing full well his Yankees loyalty puts him in hostile Red Sox territory. The wandering ex-military cop finds himself seated between two other patrons at the bar. One is Nick Heller, a local private investigator and devoted Sox fan who might normally give Reacher grief about his team allegiance. But their sports rivalry becomes the least of their concerns when they realize the third man sitting with them has attracted dangerous attention. Someone wants this stranger dead, and his presence between Reacher and Heller drags both men into a deadly situation neither anticipated. The unlikely pair must set aside their baseball differences and work together to handle the violence that follows. What started as a simple evening watching America's pastime transforms into the kind of lethal encounter that seems to find Reacher wherever he goes.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Boston, Red Sox Territory, Yankees Territory
26 pages · Kindle Edition · Simon & Schuster