About Lee Child: Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in England's Lake District. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards including Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Published exclusively as an ebook, a long short story from thriller master Lee Child about the teenage Reacher, now also available in No Middle Name: the Collected Jack Reacher Stories. 
 
July 1977. Jack Reacher is almost seventeen, and he stops in New York on his way from South Korea to visit his brother at West Point. The summer heat is suffocating, fires are raging in the Bronx, the city is bankrupt, and the mad gunman known as Son of Sam is still on the loose. 
 
Reacher meets a woman with a problem, and agrees to help her . . . and then the power grid fails and the lights go out, plunging the lawless city that never sleeps into chaos. 
 
What does a visiting teenager do in the dark? If that visiting teenager is Jack Reacher, the answer is: plenty. 
 
Don’t miss the exciting preview of Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, Never Go Back!

High Heat: (A Jack Reacher Novella)

A Jack Reacher short story published as an individual ebook, now also available in the new complete Jack Reacher short story collection, No Middle Name. 
 
Ever wondered what early experiences shaped Reacher's explosive career as butt-kicker supreme, the one-man guided-missile battler for justice? Lee Child looks back on an incident in his hero Jack Reacher's teenage years as the younger son of a tough career US Marine, on a faraway military base in the Pacific. 
 
'The coolest continuing series character now on offer' Stephen King

Second Son: (Jack Reacher Short Story)

Jack Reacher is a former major in the US Military Police who, since leaving the army, has drifted round the wide open spaces of America, hitchhiking or on buses, wherever the whim takes him. He has no permanent address, no job, no family ties, no car, no luggage, no mobile phone, no credit card - all he carries with him is a folding toothbrush. 
Reacher is never looking for trouble, but somehow trouble always find him. He is the ultimate hero for our troubled times, with a keen moral compass and sense of justice, even if he is often prepared to take the law into his own hands: he says he doesn't want to put the world to rights, he just doesn't like people who put it to wrongs.

A Washington woman asks Reacher for help. Her job? Protecting the Vice-President. Discover the action-packed thriller from the global bestselling author. 
 
'Lee Child's protagonist, Jack Reacher, is a hero in the Dirty Harry style, a man who lives by his own principles . . . Produces a surprising twist when it's least expected.' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' Daily Mirror 
 
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Jack Reacher walks alone. 
 
No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job. 
 
Her job? 
 
Protecting the Vice-President of the United States. 
 
Her problem? 
 
Someone wants the VP dead. 
 
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Without Fail is the 6th in the series. 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! **OUT NOW** 
 
 
Lee Child, Sunday Times bestselling author October 2024

Without Fail

(Jack Reacher 6)

In this ebook short story, also available in the new, complete Jack Reacher short story collection No Middle Name, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Lee Child goes back to 1989, when Jack Reacher is serving as an officer in the military police. 
A young lieutenant colonel, in a stylish handmade uniform, roars through the damp woods of Georgia in her new silver Porsche - until she meets a very tall soldier with a broken-down car. 
What could connect a cold-blooded off-post shooting with Reacher, his elder brother Joe, and a secretive unit of pointy-heads from the Pentagon? 
 
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Don't miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.26, Better off Dead! ***COMING SOON and AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW***

Small Wars

(The new Jack Reacher short story)

From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection. 
 
On Monday September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, “Should I continue?” 
 
“Yes,” she said. “I like it.” 
 
From urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 fascinating personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades. 
 
Whether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing, to facing his first computer and the coming of the internet, to writing about New York just before – and just after – 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen . . . each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was, psychologically and physically, when he wrote each novel. 
 
Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these honest, witty and wise reflections were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words: ‘why the books turned out the way they did’. 
 
But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count.

Reacher: The Stories Behind The Stories

&lsquo;If the final pages of this story don&rsquo;t make your heart race, then you might want to make sure your heart is still working.&rsquo; KARIN SLAUGHTER 
 
 
For Jack Reacher, being invisible has become a habit. 
 
He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in a local strip club in the Florida Keys. 
 
He doesn't want to be found. 
 
But someone has sent a private detective to seek him out. Then Reacher finds the guy beaten to death with his fingertips sliced off. It's time to head north and work out who is trying to find him and why. 
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'Lee Child continues his meteoric rise and mastery of suspense with Tripwire. It's a tightly-drawn and swift thriller that gives new meaning to what a page-turner should be.' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
'A slickly effective thriller which confirms Child's ability to keep the reader guessing - and sweating.' THE TIMES 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Tripwire is 3rd in the series. 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! **PRE-ORDER NOW**

Tripwire

(Jack Reacher 3)

"Including a new novella, the clever, twisty tales reveal that even 13-year-old Reacher was a force to be reckoned with." (Sunday Mirror) 
 
This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume. 
 
Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. 
 
Read together, these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world. 
 
The twelve stories include a brand new novella, Too Much Time. 
 
The other stories in the collection are: 
 
Second Son 
James Penney's New Identity 
Guy Walks Into a Bar 
Deep Down, High Heat 
Not a Drill 
Small Wars 
 
All of which have previously been published as ebook shorts. 
 
Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written: 
 
Everyone Talks 
Maybe They Have a Tradition 
No Room at the Motel 
The Picture of the Lonely Diner 
 
_________ 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! **OUT NOW**

No Middle Name

The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories

This short read (20 pages) is perfect for a coffee break and includes the first three chapters from Lee Child's new thriller - Past Tense. 
Jack Reacher likes to head south for the winter, to stay warm: so just before Christmas he arrives in a small town in Southern California. But the weather there is not warm and dry, as it's supposed to be: he arrives in a freak blizzard. Reacher finds refuge in a snowed-in roadhouse with four other strangers stranded by the storm. Two of them are British military police, separated by the weather from the VIP they are detailed to protect. Can Reacher help them find their guy, or will an undercover assassin find him first? 
 
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Don't miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.26, Better off Dead! ***COMING SOON and AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW***

The Christmas Scorpion

A Jack Reacher Short Story

AS FEATURED ON RICHARD & JUDY'S 'KEEP READING AND CARRY ON' 
 
'This is one of his best' - The Times 
 
Jack Reacher is back in a brand new white-knuckle read from Lee Child. 
 
It's a random universe, but once in a blue moon things turn out just right. 
 
In a nameless city, two rival criminal gangs are competing for control. But they hadn't counted on Jack Reacher arriving on their patch. 
 
Reacher is trained to notice things. 
 
He's on a Greyhound bus, watching an elderly man sleeping in his seat, with a fat envelope of cash hanging out of his pocket. Another passenger is watching too ... hoping to get rich quick. 
 
As the mugger makes his move, Reacher steps in. 
 
The old man is grateful, yet he turns down Reacher's offer to help him home. He's vulnerable, scared, and clearly in big, big trouble. 
 
What hold could the gangs have on the old guy? Will Reacher be in time to stop bad things happening? 
 
The odds are better with Reacher involved. That's for damn sure. 
 
 
'Everyone needs to kick some [butt] sometimes, even if it's just imaginary' JOJO MOYES 
 
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Blue Moon is the 24th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Blue Moon

(Jack Reacher 24)

'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes' Mick Herron 
 
'The thing about Lee Child's books is that you can't put the damn things down. . .there's something about his writing that's addictive. The Enemy is no exception. . .Superb.' Independent on Sunday 
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North Carolina. New Year's Day, 1990. A soldier is found dead in a sleazy motel bed. 
 
Jack Reacher is the officer on duty. The soldier turns out to be a two-star general. 
 
The situation is bad enough, then Reacher finds the body of the general's wife. 
 
This stomach-churning thriller turns back the clock to a younger Reacher, in dogtags. A Reacher who still believes in the service. A Reacher who imposes army discipline. Even if only in his own pragmatic way...

The Enemy

(Jack Reacher 8)

"Consistently pulse-raising. . .an exhilarating ride. . .Personal wrests back the sheer gusto of the earlier novels; it's the best Reacher adventure in some considerable time." (Independent) 
 
Jack Reacher walks alone. 
 
Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he's a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. 
 
Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. 
 
This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in Lee Child's number-one bestselling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris - and then to London. 
 
The stakes have never been higher - because this time, it's personal. 
 
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Personal is 19th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Personal

(Jack Reacher 19)

An original short story about Jack Reacher, available exclusively as a separate ebook (also included in the new complete Reacher story collection No Middle Name). 
 
Early in his military career, Jack Reacher is ordered undercover in Washington, to discover which one of four women, all staff officers on fast track careers, is leaking secrets. 
 
The suggested method: get close to each in turn. 
 
The obvious problem: the most receptive will be the guilty one, with an agenda of her own ... to kill the investigation - and the investigator. 
 
‘Child has somehow forged that magical grail: a new and believable hero... when we thought all the heroes had been written.’ Observer

Deep Down (A Jack Reacher short story)

Andrew Child

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. 
 
Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushing the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. 
 
Reacher follows the killer, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger...a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed. 
 
But when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B...

No Plan B

The unputdownable new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors

"Complete with crackling fast dialogue, an edgy ambivalent plot, and the capacity to make his readers turn the page, this feels like Child's breakthrough book into the mega-sellers. He is that good." (Daily Mail) 
 
Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. 
 
Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and beautiful. 
 
But her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her. 
 
Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and the lawyers won't help. She is entangled in a web of lies and prejudice, hatred and murder. 
 
Jack Reacher never could resist a lady in distress. 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Echo Burning is 5th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Echo Burning

(Jack Reacher 5)

"Child's best for some time...with detective-story and romcom elements (even sly humour) on top of the psychological duels and set-piece violence." (Sunday Times) 
 
Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. 
 
A remote railroad stop on the prairie with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover. He expects to find a lonely pioneer tombstone in a sea of nearly-ripe wheat. 
 
Instead there is a woman waiting for a missing colleague, a cryptic note about two hundred deaths, and a small town full of silent, watchful people. 
 
Reacher's one-day stopover turns into an open-ended quest leading to the most hidden reaches of the internet, and right into the nightmare heart of darkness. 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Make Me is 20th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Make Me

(Jack Reacher 20)

Reacher never backs down from a problem. 
 
And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems. 
 
Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother. He might have got mixed up with some dangerous people. 
 
And Reacher might just need to pay them a visit. 
 
Their leader has burrowed his influence deep into the town. Just to get in and meet the mysterious Dendoncker, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible. 
 
To get answers will be even harder. There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die than reveal their secrets. 
 
But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead. 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Better Off Dead is the 26th book in the internationally popular series. 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW*** 
 
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'Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.' KEN FOLLETT 
 
'If you haven't read any Jack Reacher, you have a treat in store . . . a hitchhiker without a phone, a one-man force for good.' The Times 
 
'A contemporary version of the knight in shining armour . . . Reacher is a mythic figure.' Literary Review 
 
'Jack Reacher is a wonderfully epic hero; tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable... Irresistible.' People 
 
'Jack Reacher has long since earned his prominent place in the pantheon of cool, smart-talking American heroes.' New York Times 
 
 
Lee Child & Andrew Child, Number 1 Sunday Times bestsellers, April 2024

Better Off Dead

(Jack Reacher 26)

'FAST-PACED, TAUT AND PUNCHY' Sunday Times 
 
After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police. 
 
Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He liked her voice on the phone. But now he's arrived, she's disappeared, and things are getting weird. 
 
Accused of a sixteen-year-old homicide and co-opted back into the army, Reacher says nothing. 
 
But he's sure as hell thinking of a way out. 
 
'One of Reacher's best...a must' Daily Express 
 
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Never Go Back follows on directly from the end of A Wanted Man. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Never Go Back

(Jack Reacher 18)

Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it. 
 
He watches a man cross a New York street and drive away in a Mercedes. The car contains $1 million of ransom money. Reacher's job is to make sure it all turns out right - money paid, family safely returned. 
 
But Reacher is in the middle of a nasty little war where nothing is simple. 
 
What started on a busy New York street explodes three thousand miles away, in the sleepy English countryside. 
 
Reacher's going to have to do this one the hard way. 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, The Hard Way is the 10th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

The Hard Way

(Jack Reacher 10)

I was the guy who always found a way. 
 
I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. 
 
From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author. 
 
Here are twenty meticulously plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, featuring assassins, CIA agents, gangsters, and more. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department’s file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he’s outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection… 
 
Each story is entirely distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher. 
 
 
The stories included in this collection are: 
 
The Bodyguard * The Greatest Trick of All * Ten Keys * Safe Enough * Natural in Every Way * The .50 Solution * Publica Transportation * Me and Mr. Rafferty * Section 7 (a) (Operational) * Addicted to Sweetness * The Bone-Headed League * I Heard a Romantic Story * My First Drug Trial * Wet with Rain * The Truth About What Happened * Pierre, Lucien & Me * New Blank Document * Shorty and the Briefcase * Dying for a Cigarette * The Snake-Eater by the Numbers

Safe Enough

And Other Stories

'Cunning, explosive . . . A thumping good read.' Time Out 
 
Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. 
 
A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm. 
 
And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. 
 
Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Die Trying is the 2nd in the series. 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***PRE-ORDER NOW**

Die Trying

(Jack Reacher 2)

Two female army high-flyers. Both acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both forced to resign from the service. 
 
Now they're both dead. 
 
Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle. 
 
A ruthless vigilante. 
 
A man just like Jack Reacher. 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, The Visitor is the 4th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

The Visitor

(Jack Reacher 4)

You do not mess with Jack Reacher. 
 
He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his anonymity and solitude. So when a member of his old Army unit finds a way to contact him, he knows this has to be serious. 
 
You do not mess with the Special Investigators. 
 
In the past the elite team always watched each other's backs. Now one of them has shown up dead in the California desert and six more are missing. 
 
Reacher's old buddies are in big trouble, and he can't let that go.

Bad Luck And Trouble

(Jack Reacher 11)

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'If anyone can put down Worth Dying For after the first few pages, then they shouldn't really be reading thrillers at all' Independent 
 
There's trouble in the deadly wilds of Nebraska . . . and Reacher walks right into it. He falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that has terrified an entire country into submission. 
 
But it's the unsolved case of a missing eight-year-old girl that Reacher can't let go. 
 
Reacher - bruised and battered - should have just kept going. But for Reacher, that was impossible. 
 
What, in this fearful county, would be worth dying for? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Worth Dying For follows on directly from the end of 61 Hours. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Worth Dying For

(Jack Reacher 15)

GET READY FOR THE MOST EXCITING COUNT-DOWN OF YOUR LIFE 
 
HOUR SIXTY-ONE 
Icy winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm. On the back seat: Jack Reacher, hitching a ride to nowhere. A life without baggage has many advantages. And disadvantages too, like facing the arctic cold without a coat. 
 
HOUR THIRTY-ONE 
A small town is threatened by sinister forces. One brave woman is standing up for justice.If she's going to live to testify, she'll need help from a man like Reacher.Because there's a killercoming for her. 
 
HOUR ZERO 
Has Reacher finally met his match? He doesn't want to put the world to rights. He just doesn't like people who put it to wrongs. 
 
_________ 
 
NOW READ THE SEQUEL: Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, the ending of 61 Hours is directly followed by Worth Dying For. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

61 Hours

(Jack Reacher 14)

'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' Mick Herron 
 
March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi. 
 
Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? 
 
Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover. 
 
The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or is she trying not to find the killer? 
 
Set just six months before the opening of Killing Floor, The Affair marks a turning point in Reacher's career. 
 
If he does what the army wants, will he be able to live with himself? And if he doesn't, will the army be able to live with him? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, The Affair is 16th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

The Affair

(Jack Reacher 16)

'A fascinating, swaggeringly confident performance' Sunday Times 
 
When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose - it isn't easy to hitch a ride in Nebraska. At last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. 
 
Within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and there's a police roadblock ahead. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys . . . 
 
Will they get through because the three are innocent? Or because the three are now four? Is Reacher just a decoy? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, A Wanted Man follows on directly from the end of Worth Dying For. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

A Wanted Man

(Jack Reacher 17)

"I know I say this every year. . .But. Best. Reacher. Ever." (Karin Slaughter) 
 
It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars'. 
 
For what? Who from? It's 1996, and the Soviets are long gone. But now there's a new enemy. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something big. 
 
In the morning they gave Reacher a medal, and in the afternoon they sent him back to school. 
 
Jack Reacher is fresh off a secret mission. The Army pats him on the back and sends him to a school with only three students: Reacher, an FBI agent, and a CIA analyst. Their assignment? 
 
To find that American. And what he's selling. And to whom. 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Night School is 21st in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Night School

(Jack Reacher 21)

Six shots. Five dead. 
 
A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses to talk except for a single phrase: 
 
Get Jack Reacher for me. 
 
Reacher lives off the grid. He's not looking for trouble. But sometimes trouble looks for him. What could connect the noble Reacher to this psychopathic killer? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher can be read in any order, One Shot is the 9th in the series. 
 
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

One Shot

(Jack Reacher 9)

"Ballsy, dynamic and not for the faint-hearted." (Daily Mail) 
 
Never forgive, never forget. 
 
Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. But he has a burning desire to right wrongs - and rewrite his own agonizing past. 
 
Never apologize. Never explain. 
 
When Reacher witnesses a brutal kidnap attempt, he takes the law into his own hands. But a cop dies. Has Reacher lost his sense of right and wrong? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Persuader is seventh in the series. 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***

Persuader

(Jack Reacher 7)

Enhances his status as a mythic avenger. . .You'll be left with a thumping heart and a racing pulse but, be warned, Chapter 63 will give you nightmares. (Evening Standard) 
 
Suicide bombers are easy to spot. 
They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs.There are twelve things to look for.No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever forget them. 
 
New York City.The subway, two o'clock in the morning. 
Jack Reacher studies his fellow passengers.Four are OK.The fifth isn't. 
The train brakes for Grand Central Station. 
 
Will Reacher intervene, and save lives? 
Or is he wrong?Will his intervention cost lives - including his own? 
 
_________ 
 
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Gone Tomorrow is 13th in the series. 
 
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***

Gone Tomorrow

(Jack Reacher 13)

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