Ли Чайлд — библиография

Эта короткая новелла Ли Чайлда, одного из самых успешных мировых авторов бестселлеров, продолжает серию триллеров про Джека Ричера. Точнее сказать, эта новелла должна была бы хронологически начинать всю последующую серию триллеров о Джеке Ричере, так как здесь он предстает перед читателем еще подростком. Действие происходит в Нью-Йорке в жаркий июльский день 1977…

My name is Jack Reacher.
No middle name, no address.
I'm a man with a rule.
People leave me alone, I leave them alone.
If they don't, I don't.
As every Reacher fan knows, you don't have to break the rules if you make the rules.
Rule 1. Never volunteer for anything
Rule 2: Be on your feet and ready
Rule 3. Show them what they're messing with
Rule 4: Don't break the furniture
Rule 5: If in doubt, drink coffee

In Gerrardsville, Colorado, a woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus. The death is ruled a suicide. But Jack Reacher saw what really happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving stealthily, pushed the victim to her demise—before swiftly grabbing the dead woman’s purse and strolling away. When another homicide is ruled an accident, Reacher knows this is no coincidence. With a killer on the loose, Reacher has no time to waste to track down those responsible.

Reacher never backs down from a problem.
And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems.
Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother. He might have got mixed up with some dangerous people.
And Reacher might just need to pay them a visit.
Their leader has burrowed his influence deep into the town. Just to get in and meet the mysterious Dendoncker, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible.
To get answers will be even harder. There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die than reveal their secrets.
But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead.