Holly shrugged. Made a face.
"Doesn't prove they stole anything," she said.
"Yes it does," Reacher said. "Who buys a new car with leather seats, knowing they're going to burn it? They'd have bought some old clunker instead. "
She nodded, reluctantly.
"Who are these people?" she said, more to herself than to Reacher.
"Amateurs," Reacher said. "They're making one mistake after another. "
"Like what?" she said.
"Burning is dumb," he said. "Attracts attention. They think they've been smart, but they haven't. Probability is they burned their original car, as well. I bet they burned it right near where they stole the black sedan. "
"Sounds smart enough to me," Holly said.
"Cops notice burning cars," Reacher said. "They'll find the black sedan, they'll find out where it was stolen from,
