Action thriller revolves around a drifter and former Army military police officer Jack Reacher. He travels to Washington to meet his liaison, Major Susan Turner. He finds out that Turner has been arrested and is accused of espionage. Her lawyer, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, adds that Major Turner has also been accused of the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan. When the lawyer is killed, Jack is accused of his murder. He realises that Turner and he have been framed, and he has to do something to get things under control and stay alive.