Child, Lee, 1954-

Winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a storm. There's a small town 20 miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There's a ruthless man who controls everything ...

Winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a storm. There's a small town 20 miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. And there's a ruthless man who controls everyth...

Winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a storm. There's a small town 20 miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There's a ruthless man who controls everything ...

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.

The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher's life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush he now needs to carry photo ID to get around. Yet he's still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get. So when a member of his old Army unit manages to get a message to him,...

The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher's life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush he now needs to carry photo ID to get around. Yet he's still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get. So when a member of his old Army unit manages to get a message to him,...

The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher's life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush he now needs to carry photo ID to get around. Yet he's still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get. So when a member of his old Army unit manages to get a message to him,...

Guest editor Lee Child selects the very best mystery stories published in the past year, including tales from Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, James Lee Burke, and even a posthumous story from Sue Grafton! If you're a fan of the mystery short story, you won't want to miss this anthology.