Die Trying
Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher returns in a gutsy novel of heart- stopping action... When a mysterious woman is kidnapped by a politically motivated fringe group and taken to their compound, Jack Reacher must help her escape with her life--from the inside out..."Tough, elegant and...
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Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher returns in a gutsy novel of heart- stopping action... When a mysterious woman is kidnapped by a politically motivated fringe group and taken to their compound, Jack Reacher must help her escape with her life--from the inside out..."Tough, elegant and thoughtful."--Robert B. Parker"Opens with a bang."-- Chicago Tribune"Engrossing." --Rocky Mountain News"Riveting...paced with taut, evocative prose." --Greg Iles, author of Mortal FearLee Child is "a suspense writer to be reckoned with." (Chicago Tribune) "Sensational."--Tom Savage, author of The Inheritance
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780515125023 (0515125024)
Publish date: May 1st 1999
Publisher: Jove
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Mystery,
Detective,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Action,
Suspense,
Hard Boiled
Series: Jack Reacher -6 (#2)
Jack Reacher finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time as he gets swept up in the kidnapping of Holly Johnson, FBI agent and daughter of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A radical faction hell-bent on seceding from the US and creating their own country is using Holly as ransom, an...
He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Reacher was offering a helping hand to a young woman with a knee injury. And accidentally got kidnapped along with the woman. This woman Holly turned out to be a FBI agent, a VIP. The story now go through how they tried to escape, and how they tri...
So, a good book. Easy read..entertaining. But has anyone counted how many times he use the word "shrugged". Its completely madness, I am going to start on "Tripwire" now, and I fear that I will have to abandon the series if I keep getting the word "Shrugged" thrown at me two-three times a page. Is...
Good 3.5 stars for the second ReacherI remember reading this directly after finishing the first book in the series, Killing Floor. And I have to say, it took some time for me to really get into the story. The set-up was somewhat farfetched, but the plot grew on me the longer I read. The ending was a...
Obawiam się, że druga książka Lee Childa nie przynosi jednoznacznej odpowiedzi na pytanie: czy pisarz ten będzie dobry, czy zaledwie przeciętny? Bowiem zupełnie tak, jak w pierwszej mamy tu zarówno momenty interesujące, widać kilka pomysłów, a obok tego klasyczną dla amerykańskiej powieści sensacyjn...