A Wanted Man

Four passengers get in a car, trying to make it to Chicago by morning. One man drives, eyes on the road. Another man tells stories that don’t add up. A woman is silent and worried. And next to her, a huge man with a broken nose hitsches a ride east to Virginia. An hour behind them, a man lies stabbed to death in an old pumping station. He was seen going in with two others, but he never came out. He has been executed, the knife works professionally, and killers vanished. Within minutes, the police are notified. Within hours, the FBI descends and lays claim to the victim without ever saying who he was or why he was there. All Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia; all he did was stick his thumb out.