With Reacher #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has created a series that stands
in the front rank of modern thrillers (The Washington Post). Everything starts somewhere. . . .
For elite military cop Jack Reacher that somewhere was Carter Crossing Mississippi way back
in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. A young woman is dead and solid
evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends
in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover-to find out everything he can to control the
local police and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter
Crossing he finds layers no one saw coming and the investigation spins out of control. Local
sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux has a thirst for justice-and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they
can trust one another Reacher and Deveraux reluctantly join forces. Reacher works to uncover
the truth while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith
in his mission and turn him into a man to be feared. A novel of unrelenting suspense that
could only come from the pen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child The Affair is
the start of the Reacher saga a thriller that takes Reacher-and his readers-right to the edge
. . . and beyond.
