There are six shots in all. There are five people who have died. One city in the Midwest has been plunged into chaos. However, the cops have it solved within hours: it's a slam-dunk case. With the exception of one item. You've got the wrong person, says the accused. Then he adds, "Give me Reacher." And sure enough, ex–military investigator Jack Reacher arrives from the world he lives in—no phone, no address, no responsibilities. Reacher's presence will change everything in Lee Child's stunning new thriller—about a case that isn't what it appears, about people entwined in strange ways, about a killer who missed one shot–and offer Jack Reacher one chance at the truth. …
For an experienced military sniper like James Barr, the gunman worked from a parking garage barely thirty yards away–point-blank range. His victims happened to be in the wrong location at the wrong moment when he struck. But why does Barr require Reacher's presence? Reacher is the last person Barr wants to see for a variety of reasons. Reacher, on the other hand, understands when he hears Barr's own words. And a slam-dunk case goes off the rails. Soon, Reacher is partnered up with a young defense lawyer who is battling against her father's D.A., as well as a prosecution squad that has its own explosive secret. This case, like so many others in Reacher's life, is a tangled battleground. Reacher, on the other hand, is at his finest in battle, as he usually is.
Reacher moves in the shadows, selecting his places as he comes closer to the invisible foe tugging the strings. And the only way to stop Reacher is to understand his ruthlessness and admire his cunning–then match him shot for shot...
I was in the machine. My whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat me out. So I thought, OK, if I'm out, I'm out. All the way out. I was a little angry and it was probably an immature reaction. But I got used to it.
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