The Affair (Jack Reacher #16)

Author(s): Lee Child

Crime and Thrillers

March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base.Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or doesn't she really want to find the killer? The adrenaline-pumping, high-voltage action in The Affair is set just six months before the opening of Killing Floor, and it marks a turning point in Reacher's career. If he does what the army wants, will he be able to live with himself? And if he doesn't, will the army be able to live with him? Is this his last case in uniform?

General Information

  • : 9780553825510
  • : Bantam Books
  • : Bantam Books
  • : 0.313
  • : 01 November 2012
  • : United States
  • : 01 December 2022
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Lee Child
  • : Paperback
  • : 312
  • : English
  • : 813/.54
  • : 528

More About The Product

From the number one bestseller: the coolest, sexiest, punch-packing Reacher thriller yet.

Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers. His novels consistently achieve the number one slot in hardback and paperback on bestsellers lists on both sides of the Atlantic, and are translated into over forty languages. His debut novel, Killing Floor, was written after he was made redundant from his television job in Manchester, and introduced his much-admired maverick hero, the former military cop Jack Reacher. He won the prestigious Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2011 prize with 61 Hours. Born in Coventry, he now lives in America. To find out more about Lee Child and Jack Reacher, click here.