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A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lee Child
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:624
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 156
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
Thriller/suspense
ISBN/Barcode 9780307990853
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General
Edition Large type / large print edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Random House Inc
Publication Date 11 September 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

A masterpiece of suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, eyes on the road. Another man next to him, telling stories that don't add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And next to her, a huge man with a broken nose, hitching a ride east to Virginia. An hour behind them, a man lies stabbed to death in an old pumping station. He was seen going in with two others, but he never came out. He has been executed, the knife work professional, the killers vanished. Within minutes, the police are notified. Within hours, the FBI descends, laying claim to the victim without ever saying who he was or why he was there. All Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia. All he did was stick out his thumb. But he soon discovers he has hitched more than a ride. He has tied himself to a massive conspiracy that makes him a threat-to both sides at once. In Lee Child's white-hot thriller, nothing is what it seems, and nobody is telling the truth. As the tension rises, the twists come fast and furious, keeping readers guessing and gasping until the explosive finale. 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

Author Biography

Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the #1 position, and the #1 bestselling complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in one hundred territories. A native of England and a former television director, Lee Child lives in New York City and Wyoming.

Reviews

Praise for the Jack Reacher series "The truth about Reacher gets better and better. . . . This series [is] utterly addictive."-Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of. I read every one as soon as it appears."-Ken Follett "Reacher is the stuff of myth. . . . One of this century's most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes."-The Washington Post "I'm a fan."-James Patterson "The Reacher novels are easily the best thriller series going."-NPR "Reacher is a man for whom the phrase moral compass was invented: His code determines his direction. . . . You need Jack Reacher."-The Atlantic "I pick up Jack Reacher when I'm in the mood for someone big to solve my problems."-Patricia Cornwell "[A] feverishly thrilling series . . . You can always count on furious action."-Miami Herald