The Affair: A Jack Reacher Novel#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! “A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly executed and deliciously plotted.”—The Washington Times Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. Reacher is ordered undercover to investigate the murder of a young woman. Evidence points to a U.S. soldier with powerful friends. Once in Carter Crossing, Reacher meets local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who has a thirst for justice and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust each other, they 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. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
75th Ranger Regiment ahead alpha dog answer anyway army asked battledress BDUs Blind Blake Brannan's Bravo Company Bruce Lindsay Buick called Carter County Carter Crossing Chapter civilian close coffee dead desk diner door Elizabeth Deveraux feet four Frazer front Garber going guessed hair hand head heard Humvee inside Jack Reacher James Frazer Janice May Chapman jarhead Kelham kind knew Kosovo LEE CHILD looked Main Street Marine McClatchy miles minutes Mississippi morning moved Munro Neagley never night nodded old guy pants Pellegrino Pentagon pretty quiet Rangers Reed Riley road senator sergeant Shawna sheriff shirt shoulder side smiled someone stepped stood stopped straight sure talking tell there's thing told took town trees truck turned U.S. Army waited waitress walked watched window woman وو