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Bad Luck and Trouble

Part of the Jack Reacher series

  • 439 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 2007
  • 44 editions

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1 About this book

From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night…. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher—soldier, cop, hero—is pulled out of his wandering life by a code that few other people could understand. From the first shocking scenes in Lee Child’s explosive new novel, Jack Reacher is plunged like a knife into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends…and is on its way to something even worse.

A decade postmilitary, Reacher has an ATM card and the clothes on his back—no phone, no ties, and no address. But now a woman from his old unit has done the impossible. From Chicago, Frances Neagley finds Reacher, using a signal only the eight members of their elite team of army investigators would know. She tells him a terrifying story—about the brutal death of a man they both served with.

Good for readers who want: a mystery and science fiction.

  • Mystery
  • Serial murders
  • Science fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Mystery Thriller
  • Private investigators
  • Thrillers, military
  • Crime

2 About Lee Child

Born 1954

James Dover Grant (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. The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, Killing Floor (1997), won the Anthony Award and the 1998 Barry Award for Best First Novel.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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