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"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Alison Gaylin, David Morrell, James Lee Burke, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Edwards, Sara Paretsky, Stephen King, Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!"--

In Lee Child's astonishing new thriller, ex-military cop Reacher sees more than most people would, and because of that, he's thrust into an explosive situation that's about to blow up in his face. For the only way to find the truth, and save two innocent lives, is to do it the way Jack Reacher does it best: the hard way. Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Reacher was a soldier, and then he was in the military police. But now he is traveling the United States of America with nothing much to do. Then one morning, he is arrested - for murder!

Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man claims: You got the wrong guy. After that, all he ll say is: Get Reacher for me

Spændingsroman. In this 13th Reacher novel, the former army MP confronts a suicide bomber on a nearly deserted Manhattan subway car, a confrontation that will lead him back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and forward to the war on terrorism as he tracks down and eliminates the bad guys

From the first shocking scenes in Child's explosive new novel, Jack Reacher is plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends and is on its way to becoming something even worse.

Featuring Jack Reacher, hero of the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise, in an explosive follow-up to the cliffhanger ending of 61 Hours. Has Jack Reacher finally met his match? 61 Hours ended with Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him. Was that really the end of the road for the maverick loner? Worth Dying For is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write - a heart-racing page-turner no suspense fan will want to miss.

Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Son.New Year s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The Cold War is ending. Soon, America won t have any enemies left. A soldier is found dead in a sleazy motel bed. Jack Reacher is

Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he’s moved from place to place…without family…without possessions…without commitments. And without fear. Which is good, because trouble—big, violent, complicated trouble—finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once…not ever. But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business. Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it…justice. From the Hardcover edition.

"Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook have a lot in common. Both were army high-flyers. Both were acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both were forced to resign from the service. Now they're both dead. Both were found in their own home, naked, in a bath full of paint. Both 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."--Cover.

Never forgive, never forget. That s Jack Reacher s standard operating procedure. And Quinn was the worst guy he had ever met. Truly unforgivable. So Reacher was glad to know he was dead. Until the day he saw him again in Boston. Alive and well . . . Nev

A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Elite military cop Jack Reacher is ordered undercover to get the truth.

"Digging swimming pools by hand in Key West, Florid, Jack Reacher is as tanned and as fit as he's ever been. A local girly says he looks like a condom filled with walnuts. Being invisible has become a habit. He doesn't want to be found. So when a private detective comes nosing around and asking questions, Reacher is not pleased. Especially when he later finds the guy dead, with his fingertips sliced off. Why was he so determined to find him? What does the vicious Wall Street honcho Hook Hobie have to do with it? And what about the reappearance of a woman from Reacher's own troubled past?" -- back cover.

A man hops off a greyhound bus in rural Georgia, America and winds up in jail accused of a crime he couldn't possibly have committed. As the nasty secrets of a ruthless conspiracy leak out it becomes clear that he is just the fall guy.

Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what’s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment, close by, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure. They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. It’s a strange place … but it’s all there is. The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He’s told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town. He knows his father never went back. Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place?

Jack Reacher takes aim at the White House in the sixth novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. DON'T MISS REACHER ON PRIME VIDEO! Skilled, cautious, and anonymous, Jack Reacher is perfect for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. Theoretically, of course. A female Secret Service agent wants Reacher to find the holes in her system, and fast—because a covert group already has the vice president in their sights. They’ve planned well. There’s just one thing they didn’t plan on: Reacher.

A Chicago Street In Bright Sunshine. Jack Reacher, Strolling Nowhere. An Attractive Young Woman, Struggling On Crutches. Naturally He Stops To Offer Her A Steadying Arm. And Then He Turns Around To See A Handgun Aimed Straight At His Stomach.Locked In A Dark, Stifling Van Racing Across America, Chained To The Woman, Reacher Needs To Know Why He S There. The Kidnappers Are Saying Nothing.The Woman Claims To Be An Fbi Agent.She S Tough Enough To Be One. But At Their Remote Destination, Will Raw Courage And Cunning Be Enough To Overcome The Hopeless Odds?Full Of Non-Stop Action And Gritty Suspense, Die Trying Is A Tightly Plotted Thriller Starring One Of The Most Exciting Action Heroes In Today S Fiction, The Redoubtable, Romantic, Footloose Former Army Cop, Jack Reacher.

Late At Night, A New York Café. Jack Reacher Orders Coffee In A Cup Made Of Foam, Not China. So He Can Move On At A Moment S Notice. He Owns Nothing, Carries Less. He Has Never Met A Woman Who Said No. Or A Case He Couldn T Solve.But Now Reacher Faces A New Case So Disturbing That The Truth Eludes Him. He Has To Sweat The Details And Work The Clues. Doing It The Hard Way. Until What Started On A Busy New York Street Explodes Three Thousand Miles Away, In The Sleepy English Countryside. With Reacher Striding Alone In The Shadows. Armed And Dangerous.

Jack Reacher Six Foot Five And Dangerous.Adrift In The Hellish Heat Of Texas.Moving Like A Shark In The Water.Looking For A Lift Through The Vast Empty Landscape.A Cadillac Stops.A Ride, But With A Hitch.A Pretty Young Woman, Alone.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 Lawyers Won T Help.Reacher Is Her Last Option.Will This Be The First Time He Says No - To A Lady In Distress?

A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces--and Reacher will risk his own to save her from a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.

NOW FILMED AS THE SECOND JACK REACHER MOVIE, STARRING TOM CRUISE Drop-out military cop Jack Reacher has finally hitch-hiked his way to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police. Reacher has no real reason to be here, except that he spoke to the new commanding officer on the phone. He liked Major Susan Turner's voice. 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. 'Reacher is a man's man, a loner, a renegade crusader for justice...on the top of his form' Sun 'Bone-crunching, joint-popping... a man of steel' Evening Standard

Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, so 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 ... but 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. '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

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. 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? 'He could take out Bond, Dirty Harry, Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt with both hands tied behind his back. And then sleep with their girlfriends two at a time before getting the last bus out of town' Sun

The most hotly anticipated thriller of 2018 follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father's past, and climaxes in the most stomach-clenching, hair-raising,blood-curling ticking-time- bomb of an adventure yet. Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. He thinks, what's one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment, close by, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure. They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. It's a strange place ... but it's all there is. The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town. He knows his father never went back. Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place? So begins another nailbiting, adrenaline-fuelled adventure for Reacher. The present can be tense, but the past can be worse. That's for damn sure.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Jack Reacher is having a bad day. It would be a dumb idea to make it worse. Reacher sees a West Point class ring in a pawn shop window. It's tiny. It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself. Why would she give it up? Reacher was a West Pointer too, and he knows what she went through to get it. All he wants is to find the woman. He'll have to go through bikers, cops, crooks, and low-life muscle. If she's ok, he'll walk away. If she's not ... he'll stop at nothing. Best advice: stay out of his way.

From the beaches of the Philippines to the mean streets of London, a hunt for justice becomes a battle for survival. When renegade ex-cop Dennis Milne stumbles upon information that could solve the brutal execution of his friend, he decides to return to the city he once called home, and hunt down the murderer. Milne arrives in a pre-Christmas London that is cold and hostile. But he is no longer a policeman; no longer charged with upholding the law. And although his former colleagues don't know he's back, it soon becomes clear that there are people who do, and they'll stop at nothing to get him out of the way.

Six minutes after hitchhiking at the end of Worth Dying For, Jack Reacher finds himself on a roller-coaster ride of escalating tensions where nothing is as it seems.

Jack Reacher finds himself working for the State Department and the CIA to track down the American sniper who took a shot at the president of France and is possibly targeting the G-8 summit packed with world leaders.

It wasn't the welcome Reacher expected. He was just passing through, minding his own business. But within minutes of his arrival a deputy is in the hospital and Reacher is back in Hope, setting up a base of operations against Despair, where a huge, seething walled-off industrial site does something nobody is supposed to see ... where a small plane takes off every night and returns seven hours later ... where a garrison of well-trained and well-armed military cops --the kind of soldiers Reacher once commanded--waits and watches ... where above all two young men have disappeared and two frightened young women wait and hope for their return. Joining forces with a beautiful cop who runs Hope with a cool hand, Reacher goes up against Despair--against the deputies who try to break him and the rich man who tries to scare him--and starts to crack open the secrets, starts to expose the terrifying connection to a distant war that's killing Americans by the thousand.

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. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume.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 SonJames Penney's New IdentityGuy Walks Into a BarDeep Down, High HeatNot a Drill Small WarsAll of which have previously been published as ebook shorts. Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written- Everyone TalksMaybe They Have a TraditionNo Room at the Motel The Picture of the Lonely Diner

Your kids are missing, accused of plotting to kill thousands. Can you find them before it's too late? It's a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall. In London, armed police storm Heathrow Airport and arrest Sajid Khan. His daughter, Aliyah entered the USA with the suicide bomber, and now she's missing, potentially plotti[Bokinfo].

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army’s representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy. But office politics isn’t Reacher’s thing. Three questions quickly emerge: Who’s with him, who’s against him, and will the justice he dispenses be the official kind . . . or his own kind?

An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. The narrative delves into the real effort to resurrect woolly mammoths and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Erebus Resort, set in a breathtaking hundred-thousand-acre valley in the Colorado Rockies, allows guests to witness these creatures in their native habitat, brought back through genetic manipulation. However, when a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by suspected eco-terrorists in the Erebus backcountry, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash teams up with county sheriff James Colcord to find the culprits. As the body count rises and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord face an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent force at Erebus, intent on not just resurrection but extinction. Reviews highlight the book as a "creepy and creative variation on Jurassic Park" (Publishers Weekly) and a "breathlessly riveting" thriller that is both thought-provoking and entertaining (Lee Child). With a heart-stopping climax, it ingeniously blends real-life science with thrilling storytelling (Tess Gerritsen). Preston's masterful narrative keeps readers engaged and pondering long after the last page (Steve Berry).

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don’t appear to be connected. Until one body – the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window – generates some unexpected attention.That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is assigned as the Army's representative.Reacher may be an exceptional soldier, but sweeping other people's secrets under the carpet isn't part of his skill set. As he races to discover the link between these victims, and who killed them, he must navigate around the ulterior motives of his new 'partners'. And all while moving into the sight line of some of the most dangerous people he has ever encountered.His mission is to uncover the truth. The question will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?

In the morning, they gave Reacher a medal. And in the afternoon, they sent him back to school. Night School takes Reacher back to his army days, but this time he�e(tm)s not in uniform. With trusted sergeant Frances Neagley at his side, he must carry the fate of the world on his shoulders, in a wired, fiendishly clever new adventure that will make the cold sweat trickle down your spine.

Jack Reacher is back in a brand new white-knuckle read from Lee Child, creator of 'today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of' (Ken Follett). In a nameless city, two ruthless rival criminal gangs, one Albanian, the other Ukrainian, 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 ... obviously 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 possibly have on the old guy? Will Reacher sit back and let bad things happen? Or can he twist the situation to everyone's benefit? 'This is a random universe,' he says. 'Once in a blue moon things turn out just right.' The odds are better with Reacher involved. That's for damn sure.

You can leave the army, but the army doesn’t leave you. Not always. Not completely, notes Jack Reacher—and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State Department and the CIA.Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott—an American marksman gone bad—is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison, he’s out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G8 summit packed with enough world leaders to tempt any assassin.If anyone can stop Kott, it’s the man who beat him before: Reacher. And though he’d rather work alone, Reacher is teamed with Casey Nice, a rookie analyst who keeps her cool with Zoloft. But they’re facing a rough road, full of ruthless mobsters, Serbian thugs, close calls, double-crosses—and no backup if they’re caught. All the while Reacher can’t stop thinking about the woman he once failed to save. But he won’t let that that happen again. Not this time. Not Nice.Reacher never gets too close. But now a killer is making it personal.

Jack Reacher gets off the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along. Not going to happen. The town has been shut down by a cyber attack. At the centre of it all, whether he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford. He's an average IT guy, but he knows more than he thinks. As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher moves in on them . . . And now Rusty knows he's protected, he's never going to leave the big man's side.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ... Lee Child's Jack Reacher will team up with Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan to unmask a cunning killer. Val McDermid's Tony Hill and Carol Jordan work with Peter James's Roy Grace on a very unusual murder case. These are just some of the never-before-seen pairings in Match Up - a brand new collaboration between the world's famous crime writers. Edited be international bestseller Lee Child, this exclusive page-turning anthology promises the same thrills and chills brought to you by the previous collection, Face Off. Read on for the full list of author and character pairings: Diana Gabaldon's Claire Randall Fraser + Steve Berry's Cotton Malone Lisa Scottoline's Bennie Rosato + Nelson DeMille's John Corey Sandra Brown's Lee Coburn + C.J. Box's Joe Pickett Kathy Reichs's Temperance Brennan + Lee Child's Jack Reacher Val McDermid's Tony Hill + Peter James's Roy Grace Charlaine Harris's Harper Connelly + Andrew Gross's Ty Hauck Gayle Lynds's Liz Sansborough + David Morrell's Rambo Karin Slaughter's Jeffrey Tolliver + Michael Koryta's Lincoln Perry Lara Adrian's Lucan Thorne + Christopher Rice J.A. Jance's Ali Reynolds + Eric Van Lustbader's Bravo Shaw Lisa Jackson's Regan Pescoli + John Sandford's Lucas Davenport

In "In Too Deep," Jack Reacher wakes up handcuffed and injured, with no memory of how he got there. Mistaken for an accomplice in a fatal accident, his captors plan to extract information from him, unaware that their scheme will fail. This is the 29th installment in the bestselling series.

An anthology of twenty-five previously unpublished works includes contributions by such favorite genre authors as Stephen Coontz, Alex Kava, and Karin Slaughter, and a selection of up-and-coming writers.

Lee and Andrew Child nail it again with NO PLAN B

Reacher never backs down from a challenge, and he’s about to face a significant one on a deserted Arizona road where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles. Under the relentless desert sun, nothing is as it appears. Soon, Reacher finds himself in a nearby border town, a once-thriving place now in decline. Accompanying him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran and FBI agent searching for her twin brother, who may have fallen in with dangerous individuals. Reacher may need to confront these people, as their leader has entrenched his power in the town. Gaining access to the elusive Dendoncker will require Reacher to accomplish the seemingly impossible, and extracting information will be even more challenging. In this hostile environment, some would rather die than divulge their secrets. However, when Reacher is on your trail, death might seem like the better option. Although this installment is the 26th in the series, the Jack Reacher novels can be enjoyed in any order. Don’t miss Reacher’s latest adventure in the 27th book, No Plan B, now available!

Lee Child selects a variety of works of American mystery writing as the best of the genre from the year 2010.

THE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child... 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' Karin Slaughter 'I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page' The Times

This anthology features a group of 13 debut crime/mystery/suspense authors whose books were published 2007. The graduating class includes such rising stars as Robert Gregory Browne, Toni McGee Causey, Marcus Sakey, and others.

Superb and subtle psychological suspense, and a compelling mystery, too . . . I thought I knew who did it, but I was wrong-four times. Lee Child

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

A compilation of advice, wisdom, and facts from the Jack Reacher series of novels

Get ready for a turbo-charged short read (80 pages) from two of the world's biggest thriller writers - Karin Slaughter and Lee Child.

'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' DAILY MIRROR THE 2025 JACK REACHER THRILLER Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. First stop - a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing. Second stop - a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climes. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help. Third stop - wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . . . DON'T MISS THE 30TH JACK REACHER ADVENTURE - AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW. We all need Jack Reacher - a righteous avenger for our troubled times. 'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRON 'It's no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone's favourite rebel hero.' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'These books are absolutely addictive. When you pick them up you can't put them down.' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

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Zu spät um auszusteigen … Jack Reacher ermittelt bis zum tödlichen Showdown Cool, kompromisslos und immer auf dem direkten Weg zum Ziel: Jack Reacher, der einsamste und eigenwilligste Ermittler der amerikanischen Thrillerliteratur, löst seinen zehnten Fall. Nie stehen bleiben. Nie wiederkehren. Jack Reacher, der geniale Ex-Ermittler der Militärpolizei, ist ein einsamer Wolf. Ohne Papiere. Ohne Gepäck. Und mit dem eisernen Vorsatz: Halte dich nie zweimal innerhalb von 24 Stunden am selben Ort auf. Doch ein wunderbarer Espresso in einem kleinen Café in Manhattan führt ihn in Versuchung, und prompt gerät der Unsichtbare ins Scheinwerferlicht. Unwissentlich hat er eine Lösegeldübergabe beobachtet. Edward Lane will seine Frau wiederhaben – und sein Geld. Er engagiert Reacher. Denn es scheint, dass sich die Geschichte wiederholt. Lanes erste Frau hat ihre Entführung nicht überlebt … Als Reacher hinter das Offensichtliche blickt, ist die Sache mehr als undurchsichtig. Sie ist groß. Und schmutzig. Doch Reacher steckt schon zu tief drin, um noch aussteigen zu können.

Nigdy nie wiesz, do czyjego samochodu wsiądziesz, kiedy łapiesz okazję. Ale nie ma takiego kierowcy czy towarzysza podróży, z którym Jack Reacher by sobie nie poradził. Zimową nocą na autostradzie w Nebrasce nie jest łatwo złapać okazję. Zwłaszcza jeśli jest się wielkim, groźnie wyglądającym facetem, w dodatku z krwawiącym nosem. Ale Reacher ma do załatwienia sprawę w Wirginii, więc nie rezygnuje. I w końcu jego cierpliwość zostaje nagrodzona wsiada do chevroleta, którym jedzie dwóch mężczyzn i kobieta. Szybko się orientuje, że żadne z nich nie jest tym, za kogo się podaje, i zastanawia się, jaką przypisali mu rolę. Bo nie jest naiwny; wie, że nie zabrali go ze sobą z dobrego serca. Nie wie natomiast, że tej samej nocy w Nebrasce doszło do morderstwa, które wygląda na robotę zawodowców, i że policja rozsyła komunikaty o dwóch podejrzanych mężczyznach widzianych na miejscu zbrodni. Nie wie też, że gra toczy się o znacznie więcej niż zwykłe morderstwo. Paradoksalnie Reacher jest jednocześnie zabijaką, niebezpiecznym jak grizzly, i myślicielem. Schwarzenegger i Sokrates w jednym. Independent

Eine Stadt wird erpresst, doch Jack Reacher ist nicht zu schlagen! »›Der Sündenbock‹ zeigt, dass zwei Childs noch besser sind als einer.« James Patterson Der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher reist ziellos durch die USA, und so landet er in einer Kleinstadt, in der ihn seine Mitfahrgelegenheit absetzt. Kurz darauf beobachtet er, wie ein junger Mann von einigen Schlägern verfolgt wird – und greift ein. Dann erfährt Reacher, dass alle Computersysteme der Stadt gehackt worden sind und dass die Bürger Reachers neuen Schützling dafür verantwortlich machen. Die Hacker verlangen mehrere Millionen Dollar als Lösegeld, doch selbst das ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs. Es geht um viel mehr! Aber die Verbrecher haben nicht mit Jack Reacher gerechnet. Dieser »New-York-Times«-Platz-1-Bestseller ist der 25. Fall der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerserie um Jack Reacher. Verpassen Sie nicht die anderen eigenständig lesbaren Jack-Reacher-Romane wie zum Beispiel »Der Bluthund« und »Die Hyänen. Kennen Sie auch schon den Story-Band »Der Einzelgänger«? Unverzichtbar für alle, die noch mehr über Jack Reacher lesen wollen!

When a series of murders strikes small-town Kansas, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must track down a killer or a curse -- either way, no one is safe. A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land? Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland. No one is safe.

LE PRIME AVVENTURE DI JACK REACHER: L’ATTO DI NASCITA DI UN GRANDE PROTAGONISTA DELLA NARRATIVA DI SUSPENSE, UN EROE SCHIVO E SOLITARIO DIVENTATO UNA VERA LEGGENDA Jack Reacher è un vero duro, un ex militare addestrato a pensare e ad agire con assoluta rapidità e determinazione, ma anche dotato di un profondo senso dell’onore e della giustizia. È di casa negli Stati Uniti, in tutti gli Stati Uniti, attraverso i quali si muove con libertà, ma possiede un talento del tutto particolare per trovarsi nel posto sbagliato al momento sbagliato. La cosa tuttavia non lo turba – d’altra parte c’è ben poco che possa turbarlo. Semmai ci sono molte cose, e molte persone, che lo infastidiscono: quello che non sopporta è l’ingiustizia e coloro che non tollera sono gli sbruffoni, i violenti, gli intriganti, i bugiardi, in una parola i cattivi. Se si rientra in questa categoria, è meglio non trovarlo sulla propria strada, o addirittura pestargli i piedi. Decisamente meglio…

Jack Reacher gerät zwischen die Fronten zweier Mafiaclans – ein schwarzer Tag für die Mafia … Der TOP-10-SPIEGEL-Bestseller! Jack Reacher reist ziellos in einem Greyhound-Bus durch die USA. Da beobachtet der ehemalige Militärpolizist, wie ein alter Mann, der gerade aus dem Bus gestiegen ist, überfallen wird. Reacher wäre nicht Reacher, wenn er tatenlos zusähe – er greift ein. Das Opfer ist verletzt, will ihn aber auf keinen Fall in diese Angelegenheit hineinziehen. Doch Reacher konnte noch nie wegsehen, wenn Schwächere Hilfe brauchten. Und so gerät er zwischen die Fronten zweier Mafia-Clans, die brutal um die Herrschaft über ihre Stadt ringen. Anfangs sehen die Verbrecher in dem Fremden noch keine Bedrohung. Doch dann erkennen sie, dass sie einem Mann wie Reacher noch nie begegnet sind. Dies ist der 24. Fall für Jack Reacher. Verpassen Sie nicht die anderen eigenständig lesbaren Romane wie zum Beispiel »Der Spezialist« und »Der Bluthund«. Kennen Sie auch schon den Story-Band »Der Einzelgänger«? Unverzichtbar für alle, die noch mehr über Jack Reacher lesen wollen!

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: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington D.C., the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had.Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He liked her voice on the phone. But the officer sitting behind Reacher’s old desk isn't a woman. Why is Susan Turner not there?What Reacher doesn’t expect is what comes next. He himself is in big trouble, accused of a sixteen-year-old homicide. And he certainly doesn't expect to hear these words: ‘You’re back in the army, Major. And your ass is mine.’Will he be sorry he went back? Or – will someone else?

A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of his at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down.

Hitching rides is an unreliable mode of transport. In temperatures of over a hundred degrees, you’re lucky if a driver will open the door of his air-conditioned car long enough to let you slide in. That’s Jack Reacher’s conclusion. He’s adrift in the fearsome heat of a Texas summer, and he needs to keep moving through the wide open vastness, like a shark in the water. The last thing he’s worried about is exactly who picks him up. He never expected it to be somebody like Carmen. She’s alone, driving a Cadillac. She’s beautiful, young and rich. She has a little girl who is being watched by unseen observers. And a husband who is in jail. Who will beat her senseless when he comes out. If he doesn’t kill her first. Reacher is no stranger to trouble. And at Carmen’s remote ranch in Echo County there is plenty of it: lies and prejudice, hatred and murder. Reacher can never resist a lady in distress. Her family is hostile. The cops can’t be trusted. The lawyers won’t help. If Reacher can’t set things straight, who can?

De ongrijpbare Jack Reacher krijgt via een omweg van zijn ex-collega Frances Neagley het bericht dat hun vriend Calvin Franz op gruwelijke wijze is vermoord. Reacher zoekt de leden van het voormalige team Special Investigators bij elkaar, want een dergelijke misdaad kan niet ongewroken blijven. Eens een team, altijd een team: de rekening moet vereffend worden. Maar een onzichtbare tegenstander is Jack Reacher telkens één stap voor…

Chicago. Tijdens een doelloze wandeling ontmoet Jack Reacher een aantrekkelijke manke jonge vrouw die worstelt met een kruk en een pakket van de stomerij. Reacher helpt een handje, maar als ze zich omdraaien kijken ze recht in de loop van twee revolvers. Drieduizend kilometer later zitten ze vast in een geheim kamp in het uitgestrekte noorden van Montana. De vrouw zegt dat ze Holly Johnson heet en FBI-agent is. Holly heeft lef, ze is sterk, maar de doorgewinterde Reacher voelt dat er meer achter steekt.

Obiettivo: contattare urgentemente Jack Reacher. Problema: Reacher non ha fissa dimora. Molto controvoglia, dopo l'11 settembre è stato costretto ad ancorarsi alla civiltà per lo meno con un documento d'identità e un conto in banca, ma lui continua la sua esistenza nomade in difesa della verità e della giustizia. Soluzione: un versamento di 1030 dollari sul suo conto corrente. Una cifra che è anche un codice che solo Reacher può decifrare. È così che Frances Neagley, ex collega di Jack nella squadra speciale, lo contatta dopo anni di silenzio, e c'è una buona ragione per compiere questo tuffo nel passato: la giustizia. E soprattutto la vendetta: spietata e senza esclusione di colpi. Frances vuole riunire la squadra di un tempo perché qualcuno ha ucciso barbaramente uno di loro, Calvin Franz. Ed è così che la vecchia squadra si ritrova, solo per scoprire che Franz non è l'unico che manca all'appello. Chi sta uccidendo i vecchi compagni di Reacher, e perché? Per Jack, Frances e altri due ex commilitoni l'indagine si rivelerà davvero complessa, anche perché c'è qualcuno molto vicino a loro pronto a tradire... Ma la squadra aveva un motto: "Guai a pestare i piedi agli investigatori speciali". E guai, soprattutto, a pestare i piedi a Jack Reacher...

Reacher udaremnia samobójczy zamach bombowy w metrze. Ale to dopiero początek jego kłopotów. Są oznaki, które pozwalają rozpoznać zamachowca-samobójcę. Izraelski wywiad sporządził ich listę dwanaście symptomów. Jack Reacher, jak każdy, kto kiedykolwiek miał do czynienia ze sprawami amerykańskiego bezpieczeństwa narodowego, zna ją na pamięć. Dlatego, jadąc w nocy nowojorskim metrem, zwraca uwagę na kobietę, która wydaje mu się idealną kandydatką na terrorystkę. Kiedy, chcąc zyskać na czasie, próbuje nawiązać z nią rozmowę, nieznajoma wyciąga pistolet i strzela sobie w głowę. Sprawą dziwnego samobójstwa Susan Mark, która jak się okazuje pracowała w Pentagonie, interesują się służby bezpieczeństwa. Ale nie tylko. Za informacje, które posiadała, niektórzy są gotowi zabijać. A Reacher staje się ich celem numer jeden.

Jack Reacher è un duro. Ex maggiore della polizia militare, giunto nell'assolato sudovest americano, in uno scenario affascinante, vorrebbe solo farsi un bicchiere in un bar. Ma la sfortuna è in agguato e Jack è costretto, ancora una volta, a battersi, cosa che sa fare molto bene. L'energumeno che l'ha assalito finisce con qualche osso rotto. La mattina successiva Jack vede arrivare al suo motel una macchina della polizia e, guarda caso, uno degli agenti a bordo è proprio il tipo che ha malmenato la sera prima. Jack fugge sperando di trovare qualcuno che gli offra un passaggio verso la salvezza. E, in realtà, una vecchia Cadillac si ferma. Al volante c'è Carmen Greer, un'affascinante messicana che non esita a farlo salire. E cominciano i guai. Carmen è disperata. Sloop, il marito violento che l'ha picchiata per anni, sta tornando a casa. In galera ce l'ha spedito lei, denunciandolo per frode fiscale. Ma l'uomo ha deciso di patteggiare denunciando a sua volta i soci nella frode e, una volta a casa, potrebbe picchiare di nuovo la moglie, forse anche ucciderla, se scoprisse la verità...

De welgestelde Edward Lane heeft de tijd mee: zijn privéleger van oud-mlitairen wordt overal ter wereld ingehuurd. Maar als zijn vrouw en kind worden ontvoerd, helpt vuurkracht niet om ze heelhuids terug te krijgen. Gelukkig weet Lane precies wie hij nodig heeft om de ontvoerders te laten boeten: Jack Reacher. Ex-militair Jack Reacher is een expert in het traceren van mensen. Maar deze ontvoeringszaak loopt niet zoals hij wil: drie keer betaalt Lane het gevraagd losgeld, en telkens vist Reacher achter het net bij de overhandiging. En de ontvoerden worden niet vrijgelaten. Als een onderzoek vastzit, moet je alles overdoen, weet Reacher. Helemaal vanaf het begin, in bloed, zweet en tranen. Maar langzaamaan beseft Reacher dat Lane iets verbergt. Iets vuils. Iets groots... En Jack Reacher zit er tot over zijn oren in.

Nome: Jack Reacher, ex agente della polizia militare, un vero duro, onesto, coraggioso, praticamente una leggenda vivente. Luogo: Margrave, una tranquilla cittadina della Georgia rurale, dove non succede niente, dove è difficile immaginare che qualcosa possa succedere. Ora, quasi per caso, sull'onda di un vago ricordo, Jack arriva a Margrave, proprio nel momento in cui viene scoperto un efferato delitto. Mezz'ora dopo viene arrestato per omicidio. Ma Jack non ha ucciso nessuno, perlomeno non a Margrave...

Jack Reacher: een loner, getraind om snel te denken en nog sneller te handelen. Hij heeft geleefd met en gejaagd op het ergste uitschot dat er bestaat: harde jongens uit het leger die zijn ontspoord. Margrave, Georgia: op een eenzame landweg wordt een man doodgeschoten. Op een zondagochtend worden de commissaris en zijn vrouw afgeslacht. Vlak daarna verdwijnt de bankmanager spoorloos. Nu wordt er op een verdachte gejaagd. Niet alleen door de politie, maar ook door een groep onzichtbare, uiterst effici e moordenaars. De naam van de verdachte... Jack Reacher.

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Jack Reacher, de loner zonder baan, zonder paspoort en zonder adres, wordt benaderd door de aantrekkelijke M.I. Froelich - roepnaam Froelich. Froelich is sinds kort hoofd van de Secret Service. En ze heeft een probleem: iemand dreigt de Amerikaanse vice-president te vermoorden. Reacher biedt aan haar te helpen en treedt vervolgens toe tot de Secret Service, waar hij behoorlijk uit de toon valt. Instinctief verzet hij zich tegen de bureaucratie en de vooroordelen die er gemeengoed zijn. Reachers boerenslimheid, ruwe charme en eigengereidheid passen helemaal niet bij de starre organisatie. Maar tegen een sluipmoordenaar zonder gezicht komen deze eigenschappen buitengewoon goed van pas... 'In feite doet hij precies waar iedereen wel eens van droomt.' Auteur Lee Child over zijn held Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher is even intrigerend als onderhoudend, even spannend als verslavend. Mannen willen hem zijn en vrouwen willen hem hebben. Reacher is op weg naar Langley, naar het hoofdkwartier van de CIA. Zijn oude afdeling daar heeft een nieuwe leider. Ze heet Susan en hij wil haar ontmoeten. Onderweg door Nebraska struikelt Reacher echter over een lokaal drama: een familie met een transportbedrijf houdt de omwonende boerengezinnen in een stalen greep van angst.

Bonnie kommt auf einer abgelegenen Festung vor der Küste Englands an, um an einer mysteriösen Reality-TV-Show teilzunehmen. Im Wettbewerb mit sieben Fremden muss sie eine Reihe von Rätseln lösen, um das Preisgeld zu gewinnen. Die Spannung zwischen den Kandidaten steigt. Wer wird am Ende mit Ruhm und Reichtum die Festung verlassen? Zugleich wird Bonnie das schleichende Gefühl nicht los, dass sie und ihre Mitspieler nicht allein in der Festung sind. Dann wird der erste Teilnehmer tot aufgefunden, und Bonnie beginnt eine dunkle Wahrheit zu verstehen: Es gibt einen Mörder in der Festung, und jeder könnte der Nächste sein. Wenn Bonnie entkommen will, muss sie gewinnen...

31 december 1989. een generaal wordt dood aangetroffen in een bordeel. Een delicate zaak. Majoor Jack Reacher, die nergens van opkijkt, krijgt de opdracht ervoor te zorgen dat de situatie voor het leger 'onder controle' blijft. Reacher komt er niet alleen al snel achter dat die overledene op weg was naar een zeer geheime bijeenkomst, maar bovendien dat er op 29 december tientallen ervaren MP's van hun basis zijn overgeplaatst. Wat wil de legertop geheimhouden?