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A Wanted Man: A Jack Reacher Novel [Hardcover]

Lee Child
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Sep 11 2012 Jack Reacher (Book 17)
Reacher is back! A Wanted Man is a new 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

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“The indomitable Reacher burns up the pages.”—USA Today
 
“Furious action . . . [Lee] Child keeps the pacing swift and the surprises rolling. . . . [A] feverishly thrilling series.”—The Miami Herald
 
“Smart, breathless . . . [with] one of the best female characters in the whole Reacher series.”—The New York Times
 
“Subtle and nuanced [with] seductive writing and irresistible plot twists.”—Newsweek

About the Author

Lee Child is the author of seventeen Jack Reacher thrillers, including the New York Times bestsellers Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, and The Hard Way, and the #1 bestsellers The Affair, Worth Dying For, 61 Hours, Gone Tomorrow, Bad Luck and Trouble, and Nothing to Lose, as well as the short stories “Second Son” and “Deep Down.” His debut, Killing Floor, won both the Anthony and the Barry awards for Best First Mystery, and The Enemy won both the Barry and Nero awards for Best Novel. Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in more than forty territories. All titles have been optioned for major motion pictures. A native of England and a former television director, Child lives in New York City, where he is at work on his next thriller, Never Go Back.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars ESCALATING SUSPENSE AND A SOCKO FINISH Sep 22 2012
By Gail Cooke TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
After 17 books featuring the popular contemporary knight in shining armor who wants to make things right in the world and will risk all to do so, Jack Reacher, author Child is not only at the top of his game but also at the top of bestseller lists. A Wanted Man delivers not only the heart stopping suspense fans have come to expect but also insights into Reacher's heart and mind revealed through both words and action. He's up against insurmountable odds, seemingly signing his own death warrant when he singlehandedly challenges powERful enemies.

He's offered a chance to save his life, "If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." Reacher replies, "No. If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame." That's who Reacher is and why readers stand in line for his next book.

Following on the heels of Worth Dying For (2010), picking up where it left off Reacher is hitchhiking, trying to reach a woman in Virginia, hoping to catch a ride out of the Midwest and due east. But it's tough hitching a ride nowadays, and he looks more than scruffy with a broken nose. Unaware that near an unnamed Nebraska town an eyewitness just saw three men go into a concrete bunker and only two come out, Reacher just wants to get out of the freezing cold and on his way. At last, a car stops for him.

Inside the car are a trio who appear to be business people - Alan King, Don McQueen and Karen Delfuenso. In brief chapters Child alternates between the county sheriff and FBI agent Julia Sorenson who are trying to identify the man found stabbed to death in the bunker and those in the car carrying Reacher, who is trying to figure out not only who they are but what their relationship is to one another.

It's soon clear to him that the two men know each other better than they know Delfuenso. (A give-away when he's sent for coffee at a stop and the men don't know how Delfuenso takes hers.) Further, much of what the men are revealing about themselves simply is not true. Why?

However, this wondering comes to a halt when after a surprising shot missed at an Iowa motel Reacher seems to be on his own until Sorenson arrests him. Shortly the two hook up in an attempt to locate Delfuenso and her daughter.
who has recently gone missing. More surprises and chills follow as before long they find themselves confronted by the realization of how deeply and significantly our enemies have invaded the heart of America.

A Wanted Man is a topnotch page turner with a socko finish.

- Gail Cooke
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing. Oct 17 2012
By Dale
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I did not enjoy this book at all. It was confusing, so many characters and unexplained, then dead. The story seemed to drag on and on. I figured out the hostage part about the same time Reacher did, but that didn't clear anything up for me. His previous book, The Affair, was far more enjoyable and less like a Rambo movie.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Rodge TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
Child's Jack Reacher novels usually pursue a fairly restrained pace. Child prefers to ratchet up tension while dialing pace back to where it's almost unbearable. This time he dials it back a little too much. It takes us a little too long to get from one stage of the action to the next and we have a little too much time to notice the improbabilities and silliness that's ingrained in this carefully constructed conspiracy scenario. Reacher's enemies seem to be a little too conveniently unprepared, especially in the finale - the explosivity of the final action can't conceal that.

Nonetheless, this book does fit within Reacher's repertoire, convincing us that Jack Reacher is a regular (very smart) guy who's also Superman.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
On of my favorite authers - Lee Child never dissapoints. I love his Reacher books and would recommend to anyone who wants to follow a good character
Published 8 days ago by music junky
5.0 out of 5 stars Love jack reacher..
I am trying to get through all the books in the series, so it's hard to pick one over the rest
Published 1 month ago by Mike O'Grady
5.0 out of 5 stars Jack Reacher at his best
A story that keeps you wondering what can happen next - and doesn't fail to surprise you. A plot that twists and turns until the last page. A book that is hard to put aside.
Published 2 months ago by Retired Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars review of a wanted man
I like all of Lee Child's books and have read them all,but I found this book had too much driving around in a car and not enough story. Read more
Published 3 months ago by norma a feeley
4.0 out of 5 stars great Jack Reachert
this has a fast paced start that is some of the best Jack Reacher ever! The story stabilizes after that with some surprises and good old Jack.
Published 4 months ago by SAB
5.0 out of 5 stars Love those plot twists!
Once again Lee Child has hit it out of the park! Jack Reacher always gets in the thick of things and manages to get out alive. Read more
Published 4 months ago by BPhantom
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Thriller
I picked up this, the 17th of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels, at an opportune time. I had become morosely tired of stories that wandered all over creation as seen through the eyes... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Eric E. Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars Lee Child is the best!
I love the Jack Reacher caracter. I'll probably to watch the movie eventhough the critics are not too good in my part of country.
Published 5 months ago by Hélène D
3.0 out of 5 stars Superman Behind The Curve
I was introduced to Jack Reacher about five years ago, buying "The Enemy" in Palm format, in fact.
Remember the Palm? Read more
Published 5 months ago by Johnp
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Books!
My wife and I have read almost all of this series, and look forward to any and all new ones.
Published 5 months ago by Stewie
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