What kind of person is Carmen looking for when she picks Reacher up? What qualities does she see in him that make her believe he is the one she needs?

What efforts does Carmen make to convince Reacher to help her? What is the outcome and why does it come to that?

Sloop presents two different personalities to both outsiders and to his family. Why is that? What are his reasons for his behavior towards Carmen?

What prevents Carmen from just leaving the Greer estate? What steps might she have taken to avoid the outcome and why didn't she?

What evidence piles up that makes it difficult if not impossible to believe Carmen's claim of self defense?

What does Reacher discover that makes him determined to continue investigating despite all the evidence to the contrary?

Why does Carmen confess and refuse legal council?

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