Reacher learns that the murdered man is his brother, Joe, who was running an investigation into a counterfeiting ring operated by Mr. Suspecting that the deputy warden set them up, Reacher joins Finlay's investigation, while Hubble is presumed dead after vanishing from his house in the middle of the following day. Before Reacher can be released, he and Hubble are transferred to a state prison in Warburton, where Reacher manages to thwart an attempt on their lives by the Aryan Brotherhood. Reacher persuades Finlay to call a number on a piece of paper found in the dead man's shoe the number leads them to Paul Hubble, a banker who instantly confesses to the murder. While in custody, Reacher meets Captain Finlay, the chief of detectives, and Roscoe, a female officer who believes him to be innocent. Shortly after making the 14 mile walk into town, he is arrested in a local diner for murder on the orders of Police Chief Morrison, who falsely claims he saw Reacher leave the scene. Margrave is a small town about an hour south of Atlanta. Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus at the road that leads to the town of Margrave, Georgia, because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. The next three days’ events leave everyone stunned. Shortly after Reacher arrives in the sleepy town of Margrave, Georgia he’s arrested for murder. The electrifying debut novel which introduces Jack Reacher, a drifter and ex-military policeman a man of action unafraid to take justice into his own hands a man of intelligence and cunning.