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In the Army · Mississippi, 1997

The Affair

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Six months before Killing Floor, Reacher is still a major, investigating a crime in Mississippi

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Quick recap

March 1997, six months before Killing Floor. Major Jack Reacher is briefed by Colonel Leon Garber on a quiet job in Mississippi: a woman has been found murdered, and Captain Reed Riley, from a nearby Ranger base, is a suspect. Another investigator, Major Duncan Munro, handles the official case. Reacher's job is to go undercover and make sure the investigation doesn't hurt the Army's image, which fears the suspect's father, a senator. He settles in a motel, meets Sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who soon works out who he is, and investigates anyway.

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What changed on screen

  1. ReferenceIn the first person

    The Affair is narrated by Reacher in the first person. The book is set six months before Killing Floor, when Reacher is still a major.

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  2. Behind the scenesSecond Son included

    The short story Second Son, about Reacher's childhood in Okinawa in 1974, was included in the American and Canadian paperback and Kindle editions of this book.

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