Echo Burning: Lee Child

Jack Reacher Book V: Jack Reacher is adrift in the fearsome heat of a Texas summer, trying to hitch a ride and the last thing he's worried about is who picks him up. He didn't expect it to be the beautiful, young and rich Carmen. She has a little girl who is being watched by unseen observers and a husband in jail, who will beat her senseless when he comes out - if he doesn't kill her first. At her remote ranch in Echo County there is plenty of lies and prejudices, hatred and murder. Carmen's family is hostile, the cops can't be trusted and the lawyers won't help. Reacher just can't resist a lady in distress.