Soon Reacher is reuniting with the survivors of his old team, scrambling to raise the living, bury the dead, and connect the dots in a mystery that is growing darker by the day. She tells him a terrifying story-about the brutal death of a man they both served with. From Chicago, Frances Neagley finds Reacher, using a signal only the eight members of their elite team of army investigators would know. But now a woman from his old unit has done the impossible.
From the first shocking scenes in Lee Child’s explosive new novel, Jack Reacher is plunged like a knife into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends.and is on its way to something even worse.Ī decade postmilitary, Reacher has an ATM card and the clothes on his back-no phone, no ties, and no address. And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher-soldier, cop, hero-is pulled out of his wandering life by a code that few other people could understand. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one. There is adrenaline-pumping action in this enthralling thriller but it is the unity of the group that that makes BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE a special reading experience.From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. He is a survivor in a world that doesn't understand him yet he has friends that are totally loyal to him. He stays under the radar but is a believer in justice and that idealism makes him a warrior who fights when necessary. Jack Reacher is one of the most interesting anti-heroes in thrillerdom.
Two other team members arrive while three others are murdered but when they figure out what the numbers mean, they realize they are dealing with a danger international in scope and whoever is behind the murders must be stopped at all costs. It also has five names on it and they believe the person's real name is Azhari Mahmoud and the other four names are aliases. When they place it into a computer and get the password they find a spread sheet with numbers on it.
She called all of the eight in their special unit and only Jack has answered so far.Īt Frances' office they figure out he had a post office box so when they open it there is a thumb drive in it. They meet at a Denny's where she tells him one of their own, Calvin Franz, was tortured, his legs broken and thrown out of a helicopter.
This is a signal from Frances Neagley, one of nine in his army unit, so he calls her office and her assistant tells Jack she is in L.A. When he checks the bank statement he finds a significant amount of money has been deposited in his account. He is a drifter who takes off on a whim but doesn't even own anything. Jack Reacher has a debit card, a bank account and very little else.
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