The bestselling novel featuring the "wonderfully epic hero" ("People") who inspired the hit film "Jack Reacher." Thumbing across the scorched west Texas desert, loner Jack Reacher has nowhere to go, and all the time in the world to get there.
Jack Reacher finds trouble in Texas in the fifth novel in Lee Child's New York Times bestselling series.

Thumbing across the scorched Texas desert, Jack Reacher has nowhere to go and all the time in the world to get there. Cruising the same stretch of two-lane blacktop is Carmen Greer. For Reacher, the lift comes with a hitch. Carmen's got a wild story to tell--all about her husband, her family secrets, and a hometown that's purely gothic. She's also got a plan. Reacher's part of it. And before the sun sets, this ride could cost them both their lives.