61 Hours characters

Also known as Reacher

Appears from the start

A reserved former military policeman travelling independently. He has paid for a place on a seniors' tour bus and is aboard when it crashes during a South Dakota snowstorm.

Appears from the start

A heavily guarded prisoner who has memorized fourteen criminal proposals. He compels his lawyer to retain and relay them without leaving a written record.

Appears from the start

An unwilling intermediary ordered by his imprisoned client to pass fourteen proposals to a threatening contact. Fear prevents him from approaching the authorities, and his errand takes him onto an icy highway bridge.

Appears from the start

A feared criminal contact who receives the lawyer's report of fourteen proposals.

Also known as Knox

First appears in chapter 2

The tour-bus driver who arranged Reacher's paid ride. After the crash, he coordinates calls for help, checks his elderly passengers, and works with Reacher as the disabled bus loses its heat.

Also known as Peterson

First appears in chapter 3

Bolton's deputy police chief. He reaches the stranded bus, arranges transport for the passengers, and gives Reacher particular scrutiny because the department is already occupied by another local problem.

Also known as Chief Holland

First appears in chapter 3

Bolton's police chief. He finds private lodging for the stranded tour party when the motels are full, while Reacher's absence from the passenger records leaves him waiting at the station.

Also known as Salter

First appears in chapter 8

A protected local witness who insists on remaining in her own house despite a threat to her life. She accepts Reacher's help, provides two inherited revolvers, and learns the essentials of defending herself with one.

First appears in chapter 4

A violent criminal organizer pressing a local operative to kill a protected witness. He demands urgent results and threatens consequences for further delay.

First appears in chapter 5

A capable military contact assisting Reacher by telephone. Her team captures a fugitive after acting on his deduction, and she investigates records connected to the sealed installation outside Bolton.

First appears in chapter 6

An unnamed member of the Bolton police who previously served with a department in Florida. The unexplained move prompts Reacher to seek more information about the officer's record.

Also known as Turner

First appears in chapter 27

A major commanding the 110th M.P. unit and the military contact who has been helping Reacher. A decorated officer, she secures cooperation from a detained captain and researches the old installation's contents.

Also known as Kim

First appears in chapter 9

Andrew Peterson's wife. Reacher visits her in person to tell her that Andrew has been shot and killed while checking on something downtown.

First appears in chapter 9

A junior corrections officer whose required inmate checks have often been delayed or recorded without being performed. A late inspection leads him to report a biker's cell empty and raise the prison alarm.

First appears in chapter 10

Tom Holland's daughter, who is revealed to have joined Plato's organization voluntarily rather than being held by it.

First appears in chapter 11

Two armed members of Plato's aircraft team who arrive in Bolton for the extraction operation. While working on the surface, they receive a rising financial offer from the Russian buyer to turn against Plato.