A bag of cash. A kidnapped child. A family of lawmen who can't solve their own case.

Jack Widow likes being alone. One night, in rural Pennsylvania, he takes cover under a bridge from a hailstorm. Headlights stop overhead, and three men throw a heavy duffle bag over the rail.

Inside is a million dollars in cash.

The bag sits there all night. Nobody comes back for it.

At first light, Widow hauls it into the nearest thing to a town, looking for someone to hand it to. The sheriff asks him to stick around. A nod is the best answer Widow gives.

He finds a place that serves coffee. Strangers watch him from the shadows.

The cash was ransom money. Days earlier, a child was taken. The strange part is the family. They've worn badges for generations. FBI. US Marshals. Local police. Men who built careers bringing stolen children home. Now somebody has turned their own nightmares against them.

Whoever took the child is good. They knew exactly who to hit. And how to get away with it.

A kidnapper they put away, settling a score? A parent avenging the child they never brought back? Or one of their own?

Widow likes being alone. Now whoever took that child will wish they'd left him alone.

Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and Brad Thor's Scot Harvath will tear through Bone Dark.

In the 22nd Jack Widow thriller, a million dollars buys a child's life—or somebody's silence. Read Bone Dark today.

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