Nothing to Lose, Lee Child
Nothing to Lose, Lee Child
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Nothing to Lose
A Jack Reacher Novel

Author: Lee Child

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 13 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/03/2008

Synopsis

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Two small towns in the middle of nowhere: Hope and Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can’t find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four hostile locals, a vagrancy charge, and an order to move on. They’re picking on the wrong guy.

Reacher is a hard man. No job, no address, no baggage. Nothing at all, except hardheaded curiosity. What are the secrets that Despair seems so desperate to hide?

With just one ally—a mysterious woman cop from Hope—and many enemies, Reacher goes up against a whole town, hunting the rich man at its core, cracking open his terrifying agenda, asking the question: Who has the edge—a man with everything to gain, or a man with nothing to lose?

About Lee Child

English Author Jim Grant (Pen Name) “Lee Child”, was born in 1954 in Coventry, England UK. His most notable writings are the Jack Reacher series novels. Beginning with his first novel, Killing Floor, each of his work follows a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher who wanders throughout the United States.

Grant (Child) studied law at the University of Sheffield, but knew he had no intention of practicing law. After graduating, he worked in commercial television. He worked in that venue until 1995. A fun fact is that he chose Reacher for his main characters name, because he himself is tall and his wife once said, “If this “writing thing” does not work out, you could always be a Reacher in a supermarket.” Grant (Child) describes his books as revenge stories-“somebody does a very bad thing, and Reacher takes revenge.” In 2012, his novel “One Shot”, was adapted into a film called “Jack Reacher”, starring Tom Cruise.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Carolyn on 2009-01-22 00:22:27

Child blows one. Read his other books and skip this one.

AudiobooksNow review by Patti on 2009-04-21 12:40:37

I heard a lot of bad stuff about this book from other book sites. Most complained that Lee Child was putting too much of his own personal political feelings into it. What else is a fictional book beside the writer's personal feelings, political or otherwise? I found it just as good as other Reacher books, if not better. I didn't think Child steered Reacher in a different direction, as I had heard others saying. Seemed to me it was a logical choice, based on what I remember of other books. Reacher is pulled into a problem and while he could have just walked away, that's not his style. So he did what he could to make it better. I highly recommend this book.

Goodreads review by JoAnn/QuAppelle on July 21, 2008

After reading about 8 of Child's Jack Reacher books, I finally found a dud. It started out thrilling, as expected, but quickly became almost boring. I can not believe I am typing those words. Reacher's repeatedly doing the same thing, over and over (returning to a bad place) was tedious and so unlik......more

Goodreads review by Suz on November 21, 2022

I LOVE this series for good reason. I can escape into the craftily put together world of Reacher and Child. I read a lot of heavy and serious Australian crime fiction, where there is a lot of bad done. There is always a lot of bad that Reacher stumbles upon, but he is uber smooth. Funny, dead pan, m......more

Goodreads review by James on December 14, 2020

Nothing to Lose is an okay Jack Reacher novel, but certainly not one of the best in the series. The description above summarizes the plot perfectly and so there's no need to repeat it. Suffice it to say that, as the novel progresses, Reacher pinballs back and forth between Hope and Despair, both lit......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on March 16, 2023

Book twelve in the Jack Reacher series. This is such a bias review because at this stage I'm a fan, Lee Child can do no wrong, and I'm here for whatever he writes. Also, Jack Reacher is far too loveable to criticise. In this book, we see Jack get kicked out of Despair into Hope, which kick starts hi......more

Goodreads review by Iain(I’m a adult) on December 06, 2024

Good book.. I’ve read 2 other jack Reacher, books, so pretty much the same journey you take.. Reacher is wandering around America, hits small town … something dodgy going on , jack gets involved, kicks ass, joins up with a female, usually has sex with them, also a lot of showers!......more

Quotes

“As I was reading this latest book, I was trying to understand why I like the Reacher series so much….The Jack Reacher books are all revenge fantasies. By the time the reader encounters the first fight, the reader is already mad…. Reacher doesn't go looking for trouble, but trouble usually finds him.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Explosive and nearly impossible to put down.”—People

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