Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed.

They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window - a fall which generates some unexpected attention.

That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he'...

Jack Reacher zit in een Greyhoundbus en kijkt naar een slapende oudere man die een dikke envelop met contant geld uit zijn zak heeft hangen. Wanneer een overvaller een poging waagt, schiet Reacher te hulp. De oude man is hem dankbaar maar weigert Reachers aanbod om hem thuis te brengen. Hij is kwetsbaar, bang en zit duidelijk in grote problemen. Elders in de stad strijden twee meedogenloze, rivaliserende criminele bendes om de macht. Hebben ze de controle over de oude man en diens leven? Zal ...

From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author.

Here are twenty meticulously plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, featuring assassins, CIA agents, gangsters, and more. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department’s file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A metho...