Retired military policeman Jack Reacher receives a call for help from Frances Neagley, his former subordinate from the Special Investigations Unit. She reports that one of the nine members of the squad was found dead in the desert near Los Angeles. Apparently he was thrown from the plane. All contact with the rest of the squad's colleagues has been lost. Perhaps they are all dead too. Who and for what reason could have needed the death of these people? Reacher begins an investigation, realizing that his life is also in mortal danger...Lee Child is one of the best modern authors working in the detective-action genre. His hero Jack Reacher has become a truly iconic figure, the embodiment of the unbending hero detective.