Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down, because she needs a break with her new job. Her task? Protecting the Vice President of the United States. From someone threatening to kill him. And so Reacher, with nothing but his toothbrush and the clothes he stands up in, enters a very exclusive club at the very heart of Washington power: the offices of the United States Secret Service. Here he must literally put himself in the line of fire, pitting his native cunning, surly charm and instinctive but controlled violence against the wiliness of bureaucrats and the ghosts from his own past - as well as the brutal ruthlessness of the mystery assassin. Without Fail is Lee Child's sixth thriller, another brillantly plotted, romantic and nail-bitingly exciting story featuring Jack Reacher, a hero whose toughness, coolness, and sheer animal magnetism just grow more irresistible with every book.
Jack Reacher is back: this time, he's in the line of fire, protecting the Vice President of the United States
Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world, and are published in over one hundred territories. He is the recipient of many prizes, most recently the CWA's Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction. Jack Reacher, the first Jack Reacher movie starring Tom Cruise, was based on the novel One Shot, and the second is Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
'Lee Child writes edgy American thrillers to rival the likes of
Thomas Harris and John Grisham'
*The Mirror*
'Sixth in seriously good series featuring Jack Reacher...Exciting,
absorbing and intriguing, with hero big and bold enough to handle
the percussive action'
*Literary Review*
'A good, edge-of-the-seat thriller'
*Punch*
'Jack Reacher is a most magnetic creation, tough, cool and
ultimately moral'
*Irish Independent*
'Lee Child's protagonist, Jack Reacher, is a hero in the Dirty
Harry style, a man who lives by his own principles...Produces a
surprising twist when it's least expected'
*Sunday Telegraph*
The sixth time's a charm for thriller meister Child, whose latest escapade starring ex-military cop Jack Reacher is handily his most accomplished and most compelling to date. The suspense-laden plot kicks off with U.S. Secret Service agent M.E. Froelich telling Reacher: "I want to hire you to assassinate the Vice President of the United States." V-p-elect Brook Armstrong has received a series of anonymous death threats, and Froelich needs to uncover their source and ascertain the effectiveness of Armstrong's security detail. Reacher agrees to masquerade as an assassin because he can't resist a challenge and because Froelich had loved his older brother, Joe, a Secret Service colleague killed in a botched operation. As Reacher pieces together an increasingly frustrating puzzle, Child ratchets up the excitement with several breathtaking set pieces, including a Thanksgiving dinner for D.C.'s homeless that turns deadly, a jaw-dropping coup de thtre and a slam-bang finale in Wyoming's mountains. He even extracts tension from mundane events, as when Reacher searches for clues on a security video of an office cleaning crew. The novel's detailed insider's view of political skullduggery is certain to intrigue readers, and the various characters' relationships, handled with careful restraint, provide an added layer the growing attachment between Froelich and Reacher; both characters' recollections of Joe; Reacher's regard for Frances Neagley, a former colleague whom he calls in for help. And then there's Reacher himself, the stolid, flawed man's man who gives no quarter on any level. Indeed, the novel's final line serves as a prcis of this quietly fascinating character: "He headed west for the Port Authority and a bus out of town." This Child's play will be a tough act to follow. (May) Forecast: A selection of BOMC, the Literary Guild and Mystery Guild, this Reacher adventure is poised to be Child's bestselling one to date. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
'Lee Child writes edgy American thrillers to rival the likes of
Thomas Harris and John Grisham' * The Mirror *
'Sixth in seriously good series featuring Jack Reacher...Exciting,
absorbing and intriguing, with hero big and bold enough to handle
the percussive action' * Literary Review *
'A good, edge-of-the-seat thriller' * Punch *
'Jack Reacher is a most magnetic creation, tough, cool and
ultimately moral' * Irish Independent *
'Lee Child's protagonist, Jack Reacher, is a hero in the Dirty
Harry style, a man who lives by his own principles...Produces a
surprising twist when it's least expected' * Sunday Telegraph *
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