Audio Book Description:
Everything starts somewhere...For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonelyrailroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence pointsto a soldier at a nearbymilitary base. But that soldier haspowerful friends in Washington.Reacher is ordered undercover--to find out everything he can, to control the local police,and then to vanish. But when hegets to Carter Crossing, he finds layersno one saw coming, and the investigationspins out of control. Local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux has a thirst forjustice--and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust each other, Reacher and Deveraux reluctantly join forces.Reacher works to uncover thetruth, while others try to buryit forever. The conspiracythreatens to shatter his faith in his mission, and turn him into a man to be feared. Anovel of unrelenting suspense, AFFAIR isthe start of the Reacher saga, a thriller that takes Reacher--and his listeners--right to the edge...andbeyond.