The Affair, Lee Child
The Affair, Lee Child
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The Affair
A Jack Reacher Novel

Author: Lee Child

Narrator: Dick Hill

Abridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/27/2011

Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hired to go undercover while investigating a murder, Jack Reacher butts heads with the local police and calls on Sergeant Frances Neagley to help untangle a cover-up that some would kill to keep buried.

Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher and the upcoming spinoff series Neagley!

“A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly executed and deliciously plotted.”—The Washington Times

Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.

Reacher is ordered undercover to investigate the murder of a young woman. Evidence points to a U.S. soldier with powerful friends. Once in Carter Crossing, Reacher meets local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who has a thirst for justice and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust each other, they reluctantly join forces, and Reacher also reconnects with his former sergeant Frances Neagley for extra support. ​They work 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.

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

Goodreads review by James on August 24, 2021

This is the sixteenth Jack Reacher novel and it's among the best of them all. For the second time, Lee Child goes back to tell a story from earlier in Reacher's life and this is the Jack Reacher origin story. It takes place back in 1997, when Reacher was still in the Army. Reacher loves the Army and......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 04, 2021

3.5 stars In this 16th book in the 'Jack Reacher' series, we get a flashback to the time Jack was an army MP. The book can be read as a standalone. ***** This addition to the series goes back to 1997, when Jack Reacher was an army MP (military police). A young woman named Janice Chapman has been rap......more

Goodreads review by Jane on January 19, 2012

Mostly solving a mystery. It’s fun because it’s Reacher. STORY BRIEF: Books 1 to 15 in the Jack Reacher series flow in chronological order. All of them are set after Reacher left the army in March 1997 except for Book 8 (The Enemy) and this one. This book 16 goes back in time and is set in March 1997.......more

Quotes

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 Reviews
 
“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

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