Franz may have called the others for help but left out the remaining four that resided too far away to get to him quickly, apart from the untraceable Reacher. Three of the other five members are missing, while Stan Lowery had a fatal car accident years earlier. After getting no reply from anyone else, Neagley convinces Reacher to put the old unit back together. He meets up with Neagley in California and they discover the death of Calvin Franz, one of nine members of their elite team of ex–army investigators, who it seems are being hunted down one by one. Frances Neagley deposited $1,030.00, which Reacher recognizes as their old army code, 10–30, for urgent help needed. Seventeen days later, Reacher is roaming Portland, Oregon sees a deposit to his bank account. Plot summary Ī man with two broken legs is thrown out of a corporate helicopter from 3,000 feet above the California desert. The book was adapted into season two of the Reacher television series on Amazon Prime Video.
The title is derived from the song lyrics by singer Albert King ' Born Under a Bad Sign'.
It was published in 2007, and written in the third person. Bad Luck and Trouble is the eleventh book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child.
