This latest Jack Reacher book has Reacher traveling on a Greyhound bus and keeping an eye on things as he notes an old man with a bank envelope in his pocket who is tired and is falling asleep. He notes some young guy eyeing the envelope, too. At the next bus stop everyone gets off and Reacher follows as the young guy starts following the old man and subsequently attacks and takes the envelope. Reacher intervenes and gets the money back and, as the old man is injured a bit, he assists the old man in walking to his home as it's a ways to the house and some of the story comes out as to why the man is carrying so much money and Reacher gets pulled into another situation. Loan sharks. A city divided by two gangs, one Albanian and one Ukrainian, Some Russians somewhere. Fake news. What could go wrong?
As the bodies pile up a good story is told.
