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Tripwire

by Lee Child

Published 15 April 1999

Digging swimming pools by hand in Key West, Florida, Jack Reacher is as tanned and as fit as he's ever been.A local girl 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? Tripwire is a taut, nailbiting adventure which once again stars Lee Child's irresistible hero, the

The Visitor

by Lee Child

Published 20 April 2000

Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cook had a lot in common. Both high flying army women, both victims of sexual harassment, they left the army under dubious circumstances. Both are now dead their bodies discovered, unmarked and unscarred, in their own homes. Jack Reacher, former US military policeman, loner and drifter, knew them both. Psychological profiling points to a smart guy, solitary, army, someone who knew both of his victims. The perfect psychological match, Reacher is arrested by an ambitious FBI Special Agent, Julia Lamarr. But when the body of another woman, Sergeant Lorraine Stanley, is discovered, killed with similar precision, Reacher is released. Everyone fears there is a serial killer on the loose. But the FBI have strong persuasive powers, and before long Reacher finds himself heavily involved in the murder investigation. What have these women got in common and why is someone out to do them harm? In this magnificent, utterly ingenious thriller, Reacher once again saves the day, proving that he is a unique hero, capable of holding his own in any situation, and The Visitor confirms that Lee Child is more than capable of challenging the establi

Persuader

by Lee Child

Published 1 January 2003

Re-issue of Jack Reacher's latest adventure to tie-in with publication of the paperback.

Never forgive, never forget. That's Jack Reacher's standard operating procedure. And Francis Xavier Quinn was the worst guy he had ever met. He had done truly unforgivable things. So Reacher was glad to know he was dead. Until the day he saw him, alive and well, riding in a limousine outside Boston's Symphony Hall.

Never apologize. Never explain. When Reacher witnesses a brutal attempt to kidnap a terrified young student on a New England campus, he takes the law into his own hands. That's his way, after all. Only this time, a cop dies, and Reacher doesn't stick around to explain. Has he lost his sense of right and wrong? Just because this time, it's personal?

So begins Lee Child's seventh novel. Another heartstopping page-turner, it brings back Child's much-loved hero, Jack Reacher, at his pragmatic and uncompromising best.