Abby and Shevick trick them into leaving, and Reacher captures two of Gregory's men for questioning, only to kill them when they resist. Reacher, Abigail, and Shevick find Maria at a pawn shop, and bring her home just as Gregory's men show up. Dino has the Ukrainian owners of a massage parlor abducted and killed, but Gregory forgoes further retaliation after learning about Reacher, ordering him to be found. They go to bring food to Shevick, only to learn that his wife is missing.
His investigation is noticed by the Ukrainians, and Reacher manages to hide from them with the help of Abigail "Abby" Gibson, a waitress employed at a small watering hole that pays protection to Gregory. Meanwhile, Reacher begins to search for Trulenko, who he suspects is still hiding in the city. Gregory, having just learned about the deaths of his other two men, believes that the Albanians are preparing for war and has two Albanian bagmen killed and put on display outside Dino's office. The Shevicks were subsequently forced to sign an agreement with the hospital to pay for her treatment in advance, and even with multiple pro bono lawyers working on their case, they have no other option but to take out loans from the mob.ĭino orders two of Gregory's men gunned down in retaliation for deceiving him. The couple explain that their adult daughter, Meg, is suffering from late-stage cancer, but cannot afford treatment due to her former boss, Maxim Trulenko, having embezzled millions from his own company before it collapsed, leaving her without health insurance.
At Shevick's home, Reacher questions him and his wife Maria about their circumstances after noticing that the couple has sold nearly everything they own of value. Unbeknownst to both Reacher and Shevick, Fisnik is already dead, having been murdered on Dino's orders after Gregory, the boss of the rival Ukrainian mafia, framed him and another Albanian gangster as police informants.Īrriving at a local bar, Reacher (posing as Shevick) meets the Ukrainians who have taken over Fisnik's operation, killing two of them in the process by staging a car accident. He reveals that the large bundle of cash he's carrying is intended for a loan shark named Fisnik who is associated with the local Albanian mafia, headed up by a mobster named Dino. He foils the mugging, and the man introduces himself as Aaron Shevick. Jack Reacher gets off a bus in an unnamed city east of the Mississippi after spotting a mugger trying to rob an elderly man. Delacorte Publisher initially released the book on 29 October 2019. This is the twenty-fourth book in the Jack Reacher series, and the last to be written by Lee Child alone. Print (hardcover, paperback), audio, eBookīlue Moon is a novel by British writer Lee Child.
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