Jack Reacher, recently discharged from the Army, travels to Margrave, GA where he discovers that the idyllic town is a cesspool of corruption. After it becomes personal, he vows to burn it down.
Reacher gets the bus driver to drop him off outside of Margrave. Walking into town, he stops at a diner for a pie after which he's dramatically arrested for murder. He remains calm. He'd apparently walked past a murder scene. Later, a businessman is more than eager to confess to the murder he didn't commit. The two men are sent from jail to prison and end up with life-timers who try to kill Reacher. When released, it becomes personal to Reacher and he stays in town.—Scott Filtenborg