Also by Jude Hardin: THE JACK REACHER FILES: THE GIRL FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF CORDIAL (with bonus thriller THE BLOOD NOTEBOOKS) About THE JACK REACHER FILES: HOSTAGE The use of story situations and supporting characters from the Jack Reacher universe authorized by Lee Child. Several years after the riveting events depicted in international bestselling author Lee Child’s NOTHING TO LOSE, a brutal abduction threatens to turn a small Colorado township upside down… Jack Reacher… Former army major, military police, the 110th Special Investigations Unit. Now a drifter and a trouble magnet. Caminha Sozinho… Assassin for hire. An expert marksman when distance is called for, but prefers the intimacy of a sharp blade. After failing on his first attempt, he must kill Reacher now or face death himself. The trap… In a small Colorado community just west of the Kansas border, a police officer named Vaughan goes missing shortly after finishing her shift. Will Jack Reacher come running when he hears that an old friend is in trouble? Note: While the name Jack Reacher and some of the supporting characters and story situations are used with author Lee Child’s permission, the Jack Reacher character remains offstage in THE JACK REACHER FILES thrillers. THE JACK REACHER FILES: HOSTAGE is 18,000 words, approximately 85 pages.