The Affair (Jack Reacher)

Child, Lee

4.15

100,705 ratings by Goodreads

9780307749499: The Affair (Jack Reacher)

ISBN 10: 0307749495 ISBN 13: 9780307749499

Publisher: Random House, 2011

With Reacher, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has created “a series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers” (The Washington Post).

Everything starts somewhere. . . .

For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup.

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.

Reacher is ordered undercover—to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, he finds layers no one saw coming, and the investigation spins out of control.

Local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux has a thirst for justice—and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust one another, Reacher and Deveraux reluctantly join forces. Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission, and turn him into a man to be feared.

A novel of unrelenting suspense that could only come from the pen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child,The Affair is the start of the Reacher saga, a thriller that takes Reacher—and his readers—right to the edge . . . and beyond.

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Review:

Praise for #1 bestselling author Lee Child and his Reacher series

"Child is a superb craftsman of suspense."--"Entertainment Weekly"

"The truth about Reacher gets better and better."--Janet Maslin, " The New York Times"

"Implausible, irresistible Reacher remains just about the best butt-kicker in thriller-lit."--"Kirkus Review"s

"Like his hero Jack Reacher, Lee Child seems to make no wrong steps."--Associated Press

"Lee Child [is] the current poster-boy of American crime fiction."--"Los Angeles Times"

"Indisputably the best escape artist in this escapist genre."--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times"

"Jack Reacher is much more like the heir to the Op and Marlowe than Spenser ever was."--"Esquire"
"From the Hardcover edition."

"Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer."--Stephen King

"A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers."--"The Washington Post"

"Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it's strange that nobody has managed it so well."--"Evening Standard"

Praise for Lee Child's "Worth Dying For"

"Difficult to put down . . . an amazing amount of suspense."--Associated Press

"Compulsively readable.""--The Wall Street Journal"

"The [Reacher] novel fans have been waiting for."--"USA Today"

"A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers."--"The Washington Post"

"Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer."--Stephen King

"Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it's strange that nobody has managed it so well."--"Evening Standard"

Praise for Lee Child's "Worth Dying For"

"Difficult to put down . . . an amazing amount of suspense."--Associated Press

"Compulsively readable.""--The Wall Street Journal"

"A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly constructed, flawlessly executed and deliciously plotted.""--The Washington Times"
"The [Reacher] novel fans have been waiting for."--"USA Today"
"One of the best Reacher books yet . . . The tension builds early and continues nonstop.""--The Miami Herald"
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"Big, exciting . . . "The Affair" shakes up the status quo.""--The New York Times"
"A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers."--"The Washington Post"
"Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer."--Stephen King
"Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it's strange that nobody has managed it so well."--"Evening Standard"

A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly constructed, flawlessly executed and deliciously plotted. " The Washington Times"
The [Reacher] novel fans have been waiting for. "USA Today"
One of the best Reacher books yet . . . The tension builds early and continues nonstop. " The Miami Herald"
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Big, exciting . . . "The Affair" shakes up the status quo. " The New York Times"
A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers. "The Washington Post"
Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer. Stephen King
Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it s strange that nobody has managed it so well. "Evening Standard"
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A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly constructed, flawlessly executed and deliciously plotted. The Washington Times
The [Reacher] novel fans have been waiting for. USA Today
One of the best Reacher books yet . . . The tension builds early and continues nonstop. The Miami Herald

Big, exciting . . . The Affair shakes up the status quo. The New York Times
A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers. The Washington Post
Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer. Stephen King
Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it s strange that nobody has managed it so well. Evening Standard

"A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly constructed, flawlessly executed and deliciously plotted."--The Washington Times

"The [Reacher] novel fans have been waiting for."--USA Today

"One of the best Reacher books yet . . . The tension builds early and continues nonstop."--The Miami Herald

"Big, exciting . . . The Affair shakes up the status quo."--The New York Times

"A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers."--The Washington Post

"Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer."--Stephen King

"Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it's strange that nobody has managed it so well."--Evening Standard

Book Description:

From the number one bestseller: the coolest, sexiest, punch-packing Reacher thriller yet.

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