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There’s deadly trouble in the corn country of Nebraska . . . and Jack Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it’s the unsolved case of a missing child, already decades-old, that Reacher can’t let... read more
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Jack reacher walks right into the middle of the Duncans' deadly buisness. The Duncans are a bunch of lazy brothers who bully their neighbours into passive compliance. They run a secretive corn export buisness. Trying to find the remnants of a girl long ago forgotten Jack picks up the trail.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Jack Reacher: ex Army MP, nomad
- Seth Duncan: Low-life son of a local controlling family. He is the initiating factor in Reacher's involvement.
- Jacob Duncan: Seth's father.
- Jasper Duncan: Seth's Uncle. head of the clan.
- Jonas Duncan: another uncle.
- Eleanor Duncan: Seth's wife.
- Mahmeini: A completely ruthless smuggler, the first in line on the food chain.
- Dorothy Coe: A mother, farmer and housekeeper at the local motel.
- Mr. Rossi: Head of another of the middlemen smuggler organizations.
- Roberto Cassano: One of Rossi's men.
- Mr. Safir: Head of another of the middlemen smuggler organizations.
- Duncan bodyguard: Cornhuskers. from UNL
- Angelo Mancini: One of Rossi's men.
- Owner of lodge: Add a description of this character.
- Miles Carson
- Hoag: A deputy sheriff and former Marine.
- Margaret Coe
- Eldridge Tyler
- Asghar Arad Sepehr
- Tahoe
- Duncan bodyguard: These ex-jocks are quite believeable
- Mcnally
- Marriott: A two story motel some distance from town.
- John
- Tony
- Brett
- Mr. Vincent
- Arthur Coe
- Bruce Lindsay
Quotes edit
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“Enough, a person might say, if that person lived in the civilized world, the world of movies and television and fair play and decent restraint. but Reacher didn't live there. He lived in a world where you don't start fights but you sure as hell finish them, and you don't lose them either, and he was the inheritor of generations of hard-won wisdom that said the best way to lose them was to assume they were over when they weren't yet.”
First Sentence edit
Eldridge Taylor was driving a long straight two-lane road in Nebraska when his cell phone rang.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 15 of 18 in Jack Reacher. (standard series)
Preceded by 61 Hours, and followed by Second Son.
This is book 14 of 18 in Jack Reacher (Reading Order). (standard series)
Preceded by 61 Hours.
This is book 95 of 146 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 10/19/10
ISBN: 9780385344319
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 10/19/10
ISBN: 9780385344319
Page Count: 400
Awards edit
- Amazon Best of the Month (October 2010, #3)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3553.H4838 W67 2010
- Dewey: 813.54
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