There's deadly trouble in the wilds of Nebraska and Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it's the unsolved case of a missing 8-year-old girl, already decades-old, that Reacher can't let go.

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.

Winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a storm. There's a small town 20 miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. And there's a ruthless man who controls everything from the warmth of Mexico.

A man hops off a greyhound bus in rural Georgia, America and winds up in jail accused of a crime he couldn't possibly have committed. As the nasty secrets of a ruthless conspiracy leak out it becomes clear that he is just the fall guy.

Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough.

Digging swimming pools by hand in Key West, former military policeman Jack Reacher is not pleased when Costello, a private detective, starts asking questions about him. When Costello is found dead, Reacher knows that he is in serious trouble.

Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common. Both were army high-flyers. Both were aquainted with Jack Reacher. Both were forced to resign from the service. Now they're both dead. Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint.

Hitching rides is an unreliable mode of transport. That's Jack Reacher's conclusion. He's adrift in the fearsome heat of a Texas summer, and he needs to keep moving. The last thing he's worried about is exactly who picks him up.

In 'Without Fail', the Secret Service, the organisation that protects the presidency, enlists the help of Jack Reacher. This is another well-plotted, violent, romantic, nailbiting thriller from Lee Child.

'Never forgive, never forget' is Jack Reacher's standard operating procedure. Quinn was the worst guy he had ever met, truly unforgivable. So Reacher was glad to know he was dead. Until the day he saw him again in Boston, alive and well.