02316cam a2200361 i 4500 1710954526 TxAuBib 20140923120000.0 081209|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780515143829 0515143820 (OCoLC)277237645 XSQ eng XSQ XSQ OCLCA OCLCQ SJI KL3 OTC TxAuBib rda Child, Lee. Echo burning / Lee Child. Jove premium ed. New York : Jove Books, [2008] ©2001. New York : Jove Books, [2008], c2001. 568 p ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Jack Reacher Book 5 "A Jack Reacher novel"--Cover. Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2001. Jack Reacher, the vagabond freelance lawman who never hesitates to stick his nose into private business, takes his lively act to Texas, embroiling himself in what starts as a messy domestic dispute before turning far more ominous. The rugged former army cop comes to the aid of Carmen Greer, who picks him up on the side of the road one morning outside Lubbock, then asks him to kill her abusive husband. Sloop Greer is getting out of prison in a few days, and Carmen fears he will start beating her again. Reacher declines, but agrees to protect Carmen, hiring on as a cowhand at the couple's remote ranch in Echo County, Tex., far outside Pecos. Within hours of Sloop's return from prison, where he was serving time for tax evasion, violence strikes. But the victim isn't Carmen; it's Sloop. He's found shot dead, and Carmen is arrested. End of story? Hardly. Most wandering heroes would move on at this point, but not Reacher. He begins taking a hard look at both Carmen and Sloop's past, as well as local history. What he finds ugly secrets, human suffering, political evil is repulsive to a man who's been around as many blocks as Reacher. -- from Publishers weekly. 20140923. Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character) Fiction. Private investigators Fiction Texas. Texas Fiction. Jack Reacher Book 5.