Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)

by Lee Child

Reacher nodded. “Not the sharpest chisels in the box.”

“You know what Ben Franklin once wrote?” Reacher asked. “What?” “ ‘Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’”

“You’re a hard man, Reacher,” she said. He was quiet in turn. “I think I’m a realistic man,” he said. “And a decent enough guy, all told.” “You may find normal people don’t agree.” He nodded. “A lot of you don’t,” he said.