The Mailman: A Mercury Carter Adventure

In this high-octane series launch, Welsh-Huggins (Sick to Death) introduces scrappy freelance courier Mercury Carter. In the opening pages, Carter arrives at the suburban Indianapolis home of married couple Rachel and Glenn Stanfield to make an urgent delivery, only to find a gang of criminals there, seeking information about the whereabouts of a woman named Stella Wolford. Wolford recently gave a deposition in a lawsuit Rachel’s firm was assisting as outside counsel; believing she knows where Wolford is hiding, the gang takes Rachel captive. Carter and Glenn pursue the kidnappers, embarking on a relentless chase that eventually points them toward a scheme to rig the state lottery. Meanwhile, as Carter and Glenn’s adversaries leave a trail of destruction in their wake, Det. Rosa Jimenez starts piecing things together as she tries to locate the missing Stanfields. With full-throttle pacing from start to finish, this will have Jack Reacher fans hoping Carter is back in action soon. Agent: Victoria Skurnick, Levine Greenberg Rostan. (Jan.)