#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *;Includes Lee Child's short story ';Not a Drill' and a sneak peek of his new novel,Make Me!';The indomitable Reacher burns up the pages.'USA Today Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, another telling stories that don't add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And a hitchhiker with a broken nose. An hour behind them, the FBI descends on an old pumping station where a man was stabbed to deaththe knife work professional, the killers nowhere to be seen. All Jack Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia. All he did was stick out his thumb. But he soon discovers he has hitched more than a ride. He has tied himself to a massive conspiracy, in which nothing is what it seems, and nobody is telling the truth. ';Furious action . . . [Lee] Child keeps the pacing swift and the surprises rolling. . . . [A] feverishly thrilling series.'The Miami Herald ';Smart, breathless . . . [with] one of the best female characters in the whole Reacher series.'The New York Times ';Subtle and nuanced [with] seductive writing and irresistible plot twists.'NewsweekFrom the Paperback edition.