Suicide bombers are easy to spot.

They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. There are twelve things to look for. No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever forget them.

New York City. The subway, two o'clock in the morning.

Jack Reacher studies his fellow passengers. Four are OK. The fifth isn't.

The train brakes for Grand Central Station.

Will Reacher intervene, and save lives?

Or is he wrong? Will his intervention cost lives - including his own?

Has the switchback plotting and frictionless prose that are Child's trademarks... His lone-wolf habits and brusque, technophobic decodings of the world are always a pleasure, Guardian

Enhances his status as a mythic avenger... You'll be left with a thumping heart and a racing pulse but, be warned, Chapter 63 will give you nightmares, Evening Standard

Read this before you read any other new thriller, as the master of suspense and action is back on scorching form, Shortlist magazine