In this recent Jack Reacher story, our hero finds himself in a Baltimore restaurant where he sees a scam taking place. Of course, he steps in to interrupt the deal and probably save the life savings of the elderly couple who were the intended mark.
Job done, he heads out of town making a brief stop to buy a coat for his further journeys. As he reaches into his pocket to pay for the coat, he finds a note with a plea for help. Intrigued, Reacher stays in town longer than he’d originally planned. He finds himself in a complex situation involving rival gangs in town, extortion, smuggling. Reacher also finds himself facing a villain who hopes to make some huge profits from the US Government by trying to orchestrate an international conflict, in which his private “army for hire” would be used instead of actual US military personnel.
As always, the plot is complicated, the women are beautiful, and the story is hard to put down!
