The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel

#1NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER•LeeChildreturnswithagrippingnewpowerhousethrillerfeaturingJackReacher,“oneofthiscentury’smostoriginal,tantalizingpop-fictionheroes”(TheWashingtonPost).ReachertakesastrollthroughasmallWisconsintownandseesaclassringinapawnshopwindow:WestPoint2005.Atoughyeartograduate:Iraq,thenAfghanistan.Theringistiny,forawoman,andithasherinitialsengravedontheinside.Reacherwonderswhatunluckycircumstancemadehergiveupsomethingsheearnedoverfourhardyears.Hedecidestofindout.Andfindthewoman.Andreturnherring.Whynot?SobeginsaharrowingjourneythattakesReacherthroughtheupperMidwest,fromalowlifebaronthesadsideofsmalltowntoadirt-blowncrossroadsinthemiddleofnowhere,encounteringbikers,cops,crooks,muscle,andamissingpersonsPIwhowearsasuitandatieintheWyomingwilderness.ThedeeperReacherdigs,andthemorehelearns,themoredangeroustheterrainbecomes.Turnsouttheringwasjustasmalllinkinafardarkerchain.Powerfulforcesareguardingavastcriminalenterprise.Somelinesshouldneverbecrossed.Butthen,neithershouldReacher.PraiseforTheMidnightLine“PutsReacherjustwherewewanthim.”—TheNewYorkTimesBookReview“Agem.”—ChicagoTribune“Compulsivelyreadable.”—PublishersWeekly(starredreview)“[A]multifacetednovelaboutdealingwiththeunthinkable...It’sautomatic:Reachergetsoffabus,andChildlandsontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlist.”—Booklist“IjustreadthenewJackReachernovelbyLeeChild....Itisasgoodastheyalwaysare.Ireadeverysingleone.”—MalcolmGladwell“Thebookisverysmart...[and]suggestssomethingthathasnotbeenvisibleintheseries’previousentries:acreepingsadnessinReacher’swanderingsthat,sethereamongthevastandemptylandscapesofWyoming,resemblesthepeculiarlysolitarylonelinessoftheclassicAmericanhero.Thisreturntoformisalsoahintofnewgroundtobecovered.”—KirkusReviews