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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]
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.
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.
It was published on 27 September 2011 in the USA [1] and 29 September 2011 in the United Kingdom. [2] The Affair is a prequel set six months before Child's first novel, Killing Floor [3] and setting out the explosive circumstances under which Reacher's career in the United States Army was terminated. This book is written in the first person.
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.
Child finished writing Echo Burning in March 2000. The book was released in the United Kingdom and its territories on 2 April 2001, and the American publication followed on 25 June of the same year. [1] The original idea for Echo Burning came from two sources. The first was an idea he had in which he wondered what it would be like for a woman ...
Jack Reacher is a series of novels, novellas and short stories by British author Jim Grant under the pen name Lee Child. [1] As of October 2024, the series includes 29 books and a short story collection. [2]