By Lee Child
Six pictures. 5 useless. One heartland urban thrown right into a country of terror. yet inside hours the police officers have it solved: a slam-dunk case. aside from something. The accused guy says: you were given the incorrect man. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. and certain adequate, from the area he lives in—no mobilephone, no tackle, no commitments–ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Child’s dazzling new mystery, Reacher’s arrival will switch everything—about a case that isn’t what it kind of feels, approximately lives tangled in baffling methods, a few killer who neglected one shot–and via doing so provide Jack Reacher one shot on the truth.…
The gunman labored from a parking constitution simply thirty yards away–point-blank variety for a informed army sniper like James Barr. His sufferers have been within the flawed position on the mistaken time. yet why does Barr wish Reacher at his aspect? There are solid the reason why Reacher is the final individual Barr would wish to work out. but if Reacher hears Barr’s personal phrases, he is familiar with. And a slam-dunk case explodes. quickly Reacher is teamed with a tender safety attorney who's operating opposed to her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution crew that has an explosive mystery of its personal. Like such a lot issues Reacher has identified in lifestyles, this example is a fancy battlefield. yet, as regularly, in conflict, Reacher is at his best.
Moving within the shadows, making a choice on his spots, Reacher will get nearer and toward the unseen enemy who's pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the one strategy to take him down is to understand his ruthlessness and appreciate his cunning–and then fit him shot for shot….
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Not yet. ' "We've got monochrome security videotape of a light coloured minivan entering the garage eleven minutes before the event. Can't see the plates for mud and dirt, and the camera angle isn't great. But it's probably a Dodge Caravan, not new, with aftermarket tinted windows. ' 'OK, obtained,' Emerson said. ' Rodin nodded. ' Emerson nodded in turn. 'Right where the new construction starts. Therefore the cone would have looked plausible. We have a witness who saw it in place at least an hour before.
Ready. Infiltration successful. Now wait until the time is right. He waited about seven minutes, keeping still, breathing low, clearing his mind. He looked at the library on his left. Above it and behind it a spur of the raised highway curled in on stilts, like it was embracing the big old limestone building, cradling it, protecting it from harm. Then it straightened a little and passed behind the black glass tower. It was about level with the fourth storey back there. The tower itself had the NBC peacock on a monolith near its main entrance, but the man with the rifle was sure that a small network affiliate didn't occupy the whole building.
He slid the papers across his desk to Rodin. Rodin picked them up and scanned them through, once, twice, carefully. Emerson watched his eyes. Saw him thinking the guy, the gun, the crime. It was like watching a Vegas slot machine line up three cherries. Bing bing bing! A total certainty. 'James Barr,' Rodin said, like he was savouring the sound of the words. He separated out the DL picture and gazed at it. ' 'Amen to that,' Emerson said, waiting for a compliment. I'll get the warrants,' Rodin said.