Child, Lee, 1954-

In 'Without Fail', the Secret Service, the organisation that protects the presidency, enlists the help of Jack Reacher. This is another well-plotted, violent, romantic, nailbiting thriller from Lee Child.

Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job. Her job? Protecting the Vice-President of the United States. ...

There's deadly trouble in the wilds of Nebraska and 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 8-year-old girl, already decades-old, that Reacher can't let go.

'61 Hours', featuring the much-loved maverick hero Jack Reacher, was published in March 2010. It ended on a cliff-hanger. What happened to Reacher? Will this new novel provide the answer?