After leaving the precinct,  Reacher is questioned by four alleged security agents who ask about North Carolina Congressman John Sansom and a woman named Lila Hoth. Then the victim's brother speaks with Reacher about his sister, Susan Mark, who we learn works for Human Resources at the Pentagon.

 Susan Mark was in possession of information about Congressman Sansom who served as a Delta Force Captain in 1983 and participated in a covert action in Afghanistan which would have significant impact not only on Sansom's political career but on international politics.

Initially, Reacher is believed to be in possession of a memory stick containing the missing files partly due to the fact that he was last to see the victim and partly because, in typical Reacher fashion, he leads everyone on. Reacher is encouraged to forget the event ever happened but the lone wolf hero travels to Washington, D.C. to meet Sansom and confront him about the episode.  

Gone Tomorrow is the thirteenth installment in the Jack Reacher series and reading the prior novels helps to learn his backstory, but many readers are already Reacher fans. Born in Germany on an American army base, Reacher is the son of a marine who served in Korea and Vietnam and a French mother who was part of the Resistance. Reacher is an imposing figure who graduated from West Point and then served thirteen years in the military, winning multiple medals including the Silver Star in Beirut. However, when the military restructured, Reacher was let go. Lee Child, born in England, worked as a lawyer and as a television director for 18 years before he was fired (like Reacher) due to corporate restructuring.

Currently, Reacher is still a drifter who carries nothing but his toothbrush and his ATM card in his pocket. When he needs a change of clothes he purchases one. In each novel, Reacher coincidentally lands in a situation from which only a man of his physical size and deductive reasoning could possibly succeed.  

As always, the lone hero Reacher uses both his body and his brain to thwart the bad guys. As an additional bonus, Gone Tomorrow offers a great New York City setting, including major scenes set in the subway. Gone Tomorrow is a strong recovery from last year's rather disappointing Nothing to Lose and from its gripping opening scenes is certainly worth the read for Reacher fans.

--Jerry Solot