Bad Luck and Trouble

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • Jack Reacher and Sergeant Frances Neagley become the targets of a deadly conspiracy in this “action-packed thrill ride” (Chicago Sun-Times). The inspiration for season two of the hit streaming series Reacher—and don’t miss the upcoming spinoff series Neagley! “Electrifying . . . this series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times From a helicopter high above the California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. On the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher is pulled out of his wandering life and plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends . . . and the people he once trusted with his life. Reacher is the ultimate loner—no phone, no ties, no address. But Frances Neagley, a woman from his old military unit, has found him using a signal only the eight members of their elite team would know. Then she tells him a terrifying story about the brutal death of a man they both served with. Soon Reacher is reuniting with the survivors of his team, scrambling to unravel the sudden disappearance of two other comrades. But Reacher won’t give up—because in a world of bad luck and trouble, when someone targets Jack Reacher and his team, they’d better be ready for what comes right back at them.

Lee Child is the author of eleven Jack Reacher thrillers, including the New York Times bestsellers The Enemy, One Shot, which has been optioned for a major motion picture by Paramount Pictures, and The Hard Way. His debut, Killing Floor, won both the Anthony and the Barry Awards for Best First Mystery. Child, a native of England and a former television writer, lives in New York City.