Affair, Paperback

The 16th novel to feature Child's relentless hero Jack Reacher, now in paperback. A prequel to the previous novels, this rewinds to 1997, and examines how Reacher, then a major in the military police, is sent undercover to investigate the murder of a woman at a big army base. 'Here we get what we've been waiting for... the story of how Reacher became Reacher.' Henry Sutton, Mirror