FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012
"In this latest attempt to show Reacher enjoying every possible variety of conflict with his nation's government short of outright secession, Child (The Affair, 2011, etc.) has produced two-thirds of a masterpiece."
Will Jack Reacher ever make it to that woman in Virginia he was trying to reach in
Worth Dying For (2010)? Not if all hell continues to break loose in Nebraska.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 19, 2010
"It's hard to imagine a single white-collar wage slave who won't thrill to this latest Robin Hood fantasy of righteous vengeance."
Whatever business Jack Reacher has in Virginia will have to wait till the world's most distractible soldier of fortune cleans up the mess he's stumbled into amid the cornfields of the Midwest.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2010
"In his 14th outing, implausible, irresistible Reacher remains just about the best butt-kicker in thriller-lit."
When a bus full of seniors spins out of control, the obvious recourse is to reach out for Reacher (
Gone Tomorrow, 2009, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: May 15, 2007
"Perhaps there are action-lit writers more recognizable than Child, but the bet is that none of them will turn in a tighter-plotted, richer-peopled, faster-paced page-turner this year."
In a scorching 11th (
The Hard Way, 2006, etc.), Jack Reacher, that murderous moralist, seeks an eye for an eye for an eye for an eye.
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FICTION
Released: June 21, 2005
"Par for the series: canny plotting, tight prose, swift tempo."
Reacher's back and Child's got him tracking a complex case, springing surprises and dispatching a nasty crew in a punishing finish.
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FICTION
Released: May 11, 2004
"Child has turned away from formulaic high-jinks to explore his characters instead: The result? His best so far."
The eighth Jack Reacher tale (
Persuader, 2003, etc.) is a fabulously suspenseful prequel that reveals Reacher's character as he uncovers a homicidal cabal of military officers.
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