Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child (2007, Hardcover)

Synopsis
Jack Reacher receives a coded distress signal from Frances Neagley, a member of his old special investigators unit. It seems that someone has been killing members of the group, and Frances and Jack must reunite with old colleagues to exact revenge. Filled with nail-biting action and fully fleshed out characters, BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE proves that Lee Child is at the top of his game.

Key Details
Author:	Lee Child
Language:	English
Publisher:	Delacorte Pr
Series:	Jack Reacher
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0385340559
ISBN-13:	9780385340557

Size
Length:	377 pages
Thickness:	1 in
Weight:	23.2 oz

Publisher's Note
A decade postmilitary, Reacher has an ATM card and the clothes on his back - no phone, no ties, and no address. But now a woman from his old unit has done the impossible. From Chicago, Frances Neagley finds Reacher, using a signal only the eight members of their elite team of army investigators would know. She tells him a terrifying story - about the brutal death of a man they both served with. Soon Reacher is reuniting with the survivors of his old team, scrambling to raise the living, bury the dead, and connect the dots in a mystery that is growing darker by the day. The deeper they dig, the more they don't know: about two other comrades who have suddenly gone missing - and a trail that leads into the neon of Vegas and the darkness of international terrorism.
For now, Reacher can only react. To every sound. Every suspicion. Every scent and every moment. Then Reacher will trust the people he once trusted with his life - and take this thing all the way to the end. Because in a world of bad luck and trouble, when someone targets Jack Reacher and his team, they'd better be ready for what comes right back at them.

When a man is killed by being thrown from a helicopter high over the California desert, Jack Reacher discovers that someone is targeting his old friends and teammates and launches a personal campaign to end the conspiracy.

When a man is killed by being thrown from a helicopter high over the California desert, loner Jack Reacher discovers that someone is targeting his old friends and teammates and launches a personal campaign to end the conspiracy before it claims any more lives. 250,000 first printing.

Industry Reviews
"Perhaps there are action-lit writers more recognizable than [Lee] Child, but the bet is that none of them will turn in a tighter-plotted, richer-peopled, faster-paced page-turner this year." (starred review)
(03/15/2007)

"[Lee] Child remains the reigning master at combining breakneck yet brilliantly constructed plotting with characters who continually surprise us with their depth." (starred review)
(02/15/2007)