Maybe They Have A Tradition

Originally published in the Christmas 2016 issue of Country Life. Contained in the collection No Middle Name.
On a whim, Reacher accepts an offer from a KLM flight attendant to fly free to the UK en route Amsterdam. A snow storm in the UK grounds the second leg so Reacher decides to go walkabout in the bad weather, ending up at a lonely country manor with a pregnant woman worried about a missing doctor and a stolen pendant.