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Nothing to Lose features several similarities to David Morrell's 1972 novel, First Blood, including the fact that the lead character (a former soldier) is mistaken for a loiterer and harassed by local law enforcement. [2] The name of the town in both novels is "Hope" and the theme of corrupt and bullying authority is also shared.
Bad Luck and Trouble is the eleventh book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. [1] [2] It was published in 2007, and written in the third person. The title is derived from the song lyrics by singer Albert King "Born Under a Bad Sign". The book was adapted into season two of the Reacher television series on Amazon Prime Video. [3]
Without Fail is the sixth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child.It was published by Putnam in 2002. It is written in the third person. In the novel, retired military police officer Jack Reacher is asked by the Secret Service to help track down assassins who are threatening the Vice President-Elect.
James Dover Grant [1] CBE (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his Jack Reacher novel series. [2] The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman , Jack Reacher , who wanders the United States.
[12] Lee Child's endorsement of Under the Dome appears on the cover of at least one edition of the book. [citation needed] Similarly, The Jack Reacher Cases, a series of thus far 11 books, by Dan Ames, mentions Reacher's name on many occasions, but the character does not appear in person.
Gone Tomorrow has the switchback plotting and frictionless prose that are Child's trademarks. Unlike most of the series, though, it's narrated by Reacher himself. His lone-wolf habits and brusque, technophobic decodings of the world are always a pleasure, though how he maintains fighting fitness on a diet of pancakes, bacon and coffee is one of the world's great mysteries.
Many have commented on similarities between Child and his fictional character. [1] Child tends to agree with such observations: "I was huge as a kid and Reacher's stature is me translated as a kid." [ 5 ] Malcolm Gladwell wrote in The New Yorker of a difference between the symbolism of the Reacher character and of traditional Western characters:
Plot summary [ edit ] In a downtown Manhattan coffee shop Jack Reacher watches a man unlock a Mercedes and drive away. 24 hours later, in the same coffeehouse, he's approached, interrogated, and then driven to The Dakota where he meets Edward Lane and five ex-military soldiers, part of Lane's private mercenary army.