Chain Reaction

Summertown, Colorado, has one diner, one motel, five enormous data centres and two solar farms humming in the dust. Its population is four, and one of them is watching Jack Reacher from the moment he arrives. General Susan Turner, working deep inside the Pentagon, has managed the rare feat of tracking him down: a member of her team has been murdered on covert duty, and she cannot trust anyone around her, not even her deputy.

She needs an outsider who solves problems and leaves no trace, and Reacher is not built to walk away from unfinished business. Andrew and Lee Child set this one in a strange, near-empty landscape of servers and silence, with trouble that may reach all the way up the chain. A lean, satisfying thriller for anyone who likes justice delivered quietly and completely.