Plenty of action...much more of a whodunit than anything Lee Child has previously written...The gripping plot and breathtaking violence ensure it is difficult to put down." Evening Standard "Jack Reacher has long since earned his prominent place in the pantheon of cool,smart-talking American heroes...Shakes up the status quo by delivering the Reacher creation myth...stealthily funny...this book is really about the man himself." -- Janet Maslin New York Times "Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any better, Lee Child pulls Jack Reacher out of another hole and, bang, he produces nothing short of a thriller masterpiece...Here, we get what we've been waiting for...the story of how Reacher became Reacher." -- Henry Sutton Mirror "Child on top of his game. It could well be his best book yet...The paradox of Reacher is that he is both a great big grizzly bear of a fighter...and a thinker, both Schwarzenegger and Socrates. Make love and war is his credo." Independent "With its revelations and its bonk-fest, it's an unabashed fan-pleaser, but also a timely, reassuring wallow in the undiluted essence of Reacher." Telegraph
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