Rule One: If you don't know what trouble you're in, keep Reacher by your side. As always, Reacher has an undefined goal, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he finds himself in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee. A town that, despite its name, has nothing pleasant about it. Reacher notices a hapless guy walking into daylight into an ambush. Four against one... He therefore intervenes in his familiar method of conflict resolution. The person who saved is Rusty Rutherford, an unpretentious IT manager, who was recently fired after a cyber attack took the town's data: records, information... and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, prove his innocence and clear his name. Reacher is intrigued. That's not the whole story. The bad guys who jumped on Rutherford are part of a serious and deadly story that includes conspiracy, cover-up and murder - and it all revolves around a small, mousy guy in a coffee-stained shirt, who has no idea what he's gotten himself into. Lee Child, born in England and a former television director, is one of the world's leading suspense writers. His books regularly reach the first place in bestseller lists around the world, and have sold more than one hundred million copies. To date, two blockbuster films have been produced based on the plots of Jack Reacher. Lives with his wife on a wildlife preserve in Wyoming. "It's great - to be back in Reacher's company in a world where the bad guys get what they deserve." The Observer "A fine thriller that continues the Reacher series. Read in one breath, without any hint of a co-author." Publishers Weekly
