After a failed operation in the fjord, Jack Reacher firmly decided to make his way to Virginia and finally meet the woman he’d heard about so often on the phone but had never seen. As usual, he preferred to travel around the country by hitching a ride. Waiting took a long time—nobody wanted to let a huge, suspicious-looking man into their car. Finally, some people—two men and a woman—agreed to give him a lift, almost all the way to his destination. But after a while, Reacher began to understand: these people weren’t “just anyone.” They were very specific. And that car wasn’t theirs—they had stolen it. And the plans of these guys were as grim as could be…