Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, so a remote railroad stop on the prairie with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover He expects to find a lonely pioneer tombstone in a sea of nearly-ripe wheatbut instead there is a woman waiting for a missing colleague, a cryptic note about two hundred deaths, and a small town full of silent, watchful people Reacher's one-day stopover turns into an open-ended quest leading to the most hidden reaches of the internet, and right into the nightmare heart of darkness "Child's best for some timewith detective-story and romcom elements (even sly humour) on top of the psychological duels and set-piece violence" (Sunday Times)