Gone Tomorrow characters

Also known as Reacher

Appears from the start

A former military policeman riding a late-night New York subway train. His counterterrorism experience leads him to study an unidentified passenger as a possible immediate threat, although he has not confirmed what she intends to do.

Appears from the start

An unidentified woman passenger dressed in black on a late-night New York subway train. Her appearance and behavior lead Jack Reacher to consider her a possible immediate threat, although her identity and intentions remain unknown.

First appears in chapter 4

Jacob Mark's missing adopted sister. Before disappearing, she was investigating a possible connection between John Sansom and Svetlana Hoth.

Also known as Lee

First appears in chapter 4

An NYPD detective who receives Jacob Mark's report that Peter Molina may be missing. She is willing to examine new developments while leaving the already closed Susan Mark case officially undisturbed, pending stronger evidence.

Also known as Jake

First appears in chapter 4

An NYPD detective, Susan Mark's adopted brother, and Peter Molina's uncle. He reports Peter missing after the young man fails to attend football practice, and he supplies family details that may help explain the disappearance.

Also known as Peter

First appears in chapter 4

Susan Mark's son and a USC football player. He misses practice after leaving his coach a message that he is with a woman and may give up football. The message provides a possible explanation for his absence, but his safety has not been established.

Also known as Sansom

First appears in chapter 4

A politically connected man whose past may bear on Susan Mark's disappearance and her inquiry into Svetlana Hoth's account.

First appears in chapter 4

A wealthy, London-based Ukrainian widow who presents herself as Svetlana Hoth's daughter. She says Susan Mark became her telephone friend and had agreed to help identify an American soldier from Svetlana's past.

Also known as Svetlana

First appears in chapter 4

A Ukrainian-speaking former Red Army political commissar, introduced as Lila Hoth's mother. Lila claims that Svetlana knew an American soldier called John in Berlin in 1983, creating a possible link to Susan Mark's inquiry.

First appears in chapter 4

A former member of Lila Hoth's late husband's team who remains in her service. Lila identifies him as the man watching Reacher at Penn Station and says he was meant to make contact, although Reacher encountered him as a covert watcher.

First appears in chapter 5

A man who warns Jack Reacher to abandon the protected military inquiry and says that pursuing the secret could provoke a lethal response from powerful officials.

First appears in chapter 5

A Soviet sniper and Svetlana Hoth's husband in Lila's account of a 1983 operation in the Korengal Valley. Lila says American soldiers seized his specialized rifle and left him and his spotter exposed to capture.

First appears in chapter 9

Theresa Lee's NYPD partner, who is reported to be under arrest while she and Reacher are fugitives. His predicament helps drive Lee's decision to surrender, stand beside him, and address the crisis through official channels.

First appears in chapter 10

The delivery name used by Springfield when he sends a bag to Theresa Lee's precinct. The newly established identity explains who arranged the delivery, and Lee recognizes that the equipment inside is intended for Reacher.