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New Year's Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. Soon America won't have any enemies left to fight. The army is under pressure to downsize. Jack Reacher is the duty military police officer on a base in North Carolina when he takes a call reporting a dead soldier. The body was found in a sleazy motel used by local hookers. Reacher tells the local cop to handle it, it sounds like the guy just had a heart attack. But the dead man turns out to have been a two-star general on a secret mission.

Winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow, icy roads, a tired driver. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a gathering storm. There's a small town twenty miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There's a ruthless man who controls everything from the warmth of Mexico.

Has Jack Reacher finally met his match?61 Hours ended with Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him.Was that really the end of the road for the maverick loner?

An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an empire, her thrillers helped save the world. With a foreword by Lee Child.

Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. Mostly because they're nervous. By definition they're all first-timers. Reacher knows the 12 giveaway signs to look out for. Riding the subway at two o'clock in the morning, he comes sharply aware: one by one, a fellow passenger ticks off every bulletpoint on his list. So begins the new heart-stopping new thriller starring today's most admired action hero.

Two years after the events of the Audiobook of the Year - The Chopin Manuscript - former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton and his Volunteers once again must crack a secretive conspiracy that not only threatens their lives, but the stability of the world. Their race against time will take them from London to the U.S. to Russia and beyond. And at the heart of it all is one question: What is the secret of the Copper Bracelet?

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

Dos de la mañana en el metro de Nueva York, primera década del siglo XXI. En la ciudad está vivo el recuerdo del ataque a las Torres Gemelas. Jack Reacher y cinco pasajeros en un vagón. Algo no está bien con uno de ellos: cumple con todos los requisitos del terrorista suicida. Reacher los sabe de memoria y va a entrar en acción antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington D.C., the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had. Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He liked her voice on the phone. But the officer sitting behind Reacher’s old desk isn't a woman. Why is Susan Turner not there? What Reacher doesn’t expect is what comes next.

Authors Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, David Hewson, and Jim Fusilli discuss the creation of The Copper Bracelet, the sequel to the Audiobook of the Year, The Chopin Manuscript. The conversation was recorded at ThrillerFest 2009 in New York City.

Una vez cada cierto tiempo, la luna llena aparece dos veces en un mismo mes. Ese evento astronómico poco habitual se conoce como "luna azul". Jack Reacher está en un autobús, ocupándose de sus propios asuntos sin ningún lugar en particular al que ir y con todo el tiempo del mundo para llegar allí. En el mismo autobús viaja un anciano, que lleva un sobre abultado con dinero en uno de sus bolsillos. Reacher lo ve, y otro pasajero, que también lo está viendo, evalúa la oportunidad de enriquecerse rápido y fácilmente. Pero Reacher fue entrenado para darse cuenta de cosas.

Una vez cada cierto tiempo, la luna llena aparece dos veces en un mismo mes. Ese evento astronómico poco habitual se conoce como "luna azul". Jack Reacher está en un autobús, ocupándose de sus propios asuntos sin ningún lugar en particular al que ir y con todo el tiempo del mundo para llegar allí. En el mismo autobús viaja un anciano, que lleva un sobre abultado con dinero en uno de sus bolsillos.

Diesen Mann unterschätzen Kriminelle nur ein Mal – der neue Fall für Jack Reacher. Am Busbahnhof von Gerrardsville, Colorado, beobachtet der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher, wie eine Frau vor einen fahrenden Bus gestoßen wird. Es gelingt ihm nicht, den Täter dingfest zu machen. Doch er gerät so ins Visier skrupelloser Verbrecher, die jeden Zeugen eliminieren wollen. Nichts darf ihre Operation gefährden. Allerdings haben sie nicht mit einem Mann wie Reacher gerechnet. Als der bedroht wird, geht er sofort zum Gegenangriff über.

En række mystiske dødsfald. En længe hemmeligholdt mission. En ung militærpolitibetjent, der intet har at tabe. 1992. På tværs af USA dukker ligene af retskafne, respektable borgere op. Disse dødsfald kunne være ulykker, og der lader ikke til at være nogen sammenhæng mellem dem – indtil et dødbringende fald fra et vindue tiltrækker uventet opmærksomhed. Opmærksomheden kommer fra forsvarsministeren. Lige pludselig vil han have en tværinstitutionel indsatsgruppe til at undersøge dødsfaldene, og han vil have Jack Reacher til at repræsentere hæren. Hvis Reacher opnår resultater: godt.

Desire leaves a man destroyed.... A young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden.... An accidental encounter on a train ends violently.... Ambition leads to a curious exchange.... An uncanny likeness changes two lives forever.... Here is a novel in 16 chilling parts, linked by a glittering charm bracelet that brings misfortune to everyone who handles it. In Like a Charm, the cream of British and American crime writers combine for a must-have collection.

In our dangerous world, offenders cannot always be brought down by the justice system. When a different kind of justice is needed—swift, effective, and personal—a new type of avenger must take action. In Vengeance, best-selling author Lee Child, “a superb craftsman of suspense” ( Entertainment Weekly), presents 21 riveting stories from some of today’s top crime writers.

Ganz gegen seine Gewohnheit beschließt Jack Reacher, der ehemalige Topermittler der Militärpolizei, in der sengenden Hitze von Texas per Anhalter zu fahren. Tatsächlich stoppt ein weißer Cadillac mit der schönen jungen Carmen Greer am Steuer - die ihn anheuert, ihren Ehemann umzubringen. Doch was sich so perfide anhört, ist eine aus tiefer Verzweiflung geborene Idee. Jacks Interesse - und Mitgefühl - ist geweckt. Er verdingt sich als Hilfsarbeiter auf der Ranch, um Carmen zu beschützen.

La curiosidad por el origen del nombre del pueblo lleva a Jack Reacher a Mother's Rest, un paraje rural en el centro de Oklahoma. Allí, al bajarse del tren nocturno, en una estación en medio de la nada, se encuentra a Michelle Chang, exagente del FBI y actual detective privado que lo confunde con Keever, un compañero de trabajo que lleva algunos días desaparecido. La excentricidad del lugar, el comportamiento de sus habitantes y la misteriosa desaparición de Keever llevan a Reacher a aliarse con Chang y a adentrarse en una investigación para desentrañar los últimos días del detective.

Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he’s a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in Lee Child’s number-one best-selling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris - and then to London.

John Kott ist einer der besten Scharfschützen, die die U.S. Army jemals hervorgebracht hat. Doch er ist auch ein skrupelloser Mörder, der den französischen Präsidenten erschießen wollte. Das Attentat schlug fehl, aber in Kürze wird der Killer eine neue Gelegenheit haben: den G8-Gipfel in London. Es gibt nur einen Mann, der ihn aufhalten kann. Nur einen, der Kott ebenbürtig ist. Jener Mann, der Kott schon einmal ins Gefängnis brachte: Jack Reacher.