The Affair

　　紐約時報暢銷作家、英國驚悚小說天王李查德新作
　　回溯「浪人神探」傑克‧李奇偵查辦案的原點

　　傑克．李奇受託秘密調查一樁發生在密西西比的兇殺案，疑犯是命案現場附近軍營裡的士兵。由於該士兵背後有軍界有力人士撐腰，使得真相被刻意掩蓋，難以大白。當地警長伊莉沙白．狄弗洛一心想要揪出兇手，卻持續受到來自五角大廈的莫名壓力。在勉為其難的情況下，李奇決定與她聯手，共同面對眼前這場疑雲重重的調查。

　　只是，當軍方調查結果出爐，並對外公佈了主要嫌犯後，李奇頓時陷入了兩難的局面，因為這個答案與他所發掘出的真相並不一致！究竟他該保持緘默，繼續與軍方維持良好關係？或是聽從良知，向世人揭發軍方包庇偏私的瞞天大謊？(文/博客來編譯)

　　Everything starts somewhere. . . .For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup.

　　A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington.

　　Reacher is ordered undercover—to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, he finds layers no one saw coming, and the investigation spins out of control.

　　Local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux has a thirst for justice—and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust one another, Reacher and Deveraux reluctantly join forces. Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission, and turn him into a man to be feared.

　　A novel of unrelenting suspense that could only come from the pen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, The Affair is the start of the Reacher saga, a thriller that takes Reacher—and his readers—right to the edge . . . and beyond.

作者簡介

　　LEE CHILD is the author of sixteen Jack Reacher thrillers, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Worth Dying For, 61 Hours, Gone Tomorrow, Nothing to Lose, and Bad Luck and Trouble.  His debut, Killing Floor, won both the Anthony and the Barry awards for Best First Mystery, and The Enemy won both the Barry and the Nero awards for Best Novel.  Foreign rights in the Jack Reacher series have sold in more than fifty territories.  All titles have been optioned for major motion pictures.  Child, a native of England and a former television director, lives in New York City.