Late at night in a New York cafe, Jack Reacher orders coffee in a cup made of foam, not china. So ha can move at a moment's ntoice. He owns nothing, carries less. He has never met a woman who said no. Or a case he couldn't solve.
But now reacher faces a new case so disturbing that the truth eludes him. He has to sweat the details and work the clues. Doing it the hard way.
Until what started on a busy New York street explodes three thousand miles away, in the sleepy English countryside. With Reacher striding alone in the shadows. Armed and dangerous. (Text taken from back cover of novel).