Lee Child

ALLE TRENGER EN JACK REACHER I LIVET SITT – SÅ DRITTSEKKENE FÅR SOM FORTJENT Jack Reacher skal gjøre tre stopp i dag. Ikke alle er planlagt. Først – en kafé i Baltimore. Et hjørnebord med utsikt mot døren. Svart kaffe, to påfyll, ikke noe tull. Litt småforstyrrelser fra to kunder, men ingenting Reacher ikke kan håndtere. Da han går, skumper en ung mann borti ham i døren. Instinktivt sjekker Reacher lommen sin. Alt er som det skal. Andre stopp – en butikk for å kjøpe en frakk. Ingenting fancy. Noe han kan kvitte seg med når han drar videre til varmere strøk. Stor nok til å passe en mann på størrelse med et bankhvelv. Da han skal betale, finner han en lapp i lommen. En håndskrevet lapp. En desperat bønn om hjelp. Tredje stopp – dit veien fører ham. Imponert over den unge mannen som stakk lappen i lommen hans uten at han merket noe og nysgjerrig på meldingen, gjør Reacher det til sin oppgave å finne ut mer ... GÅ Ikke GLIPP AV DEN 30. JACK REACHER-THRILLEREN! «Det er ikke rart at Jack Reacher er alles favoritthelt.» KARIN SLAUGHTER «Disse bøkene er helt avhengighetsskapende. Når du først begynner, kan du ikke legge dem fra deg.» GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

LEE CHILD # 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELGENE FORFATTER AV JACK REACHER-SERIENFra verdens nummer en thrillerforfatter kommer 20 pulserende historier - for første gang samlet i en bok, komplett med innledning av forfatteren. Her er omhyggelig plottede og intime portretter av menneskeheten på sitt beste og verste, med leiemordere, CIA-agenter, gangstere og mer. En leiemorder som selger narkotika innrømmer sin frykt for en fremmed. En fersk og forsømt politimann blir henvist til arkivrommet. En hensynsløs morder dreper bare ‘bad guys’. En livvakt sier opp jobben når han blir overlistet. Et militært oppdrag er planlagt til siste detalj ... Hver historie er helt forskjellig. Og med den umiskjennelige knappe skrivestilen og de uventede vendingene, kunne hver enkelt historie bare vært skrevet av skaperen av Jack Reacher. Blant de 20 historiene finner du Livvakten, Det aller beste trikset, Trygg grunn og Ut og ta en røyk.

Gripende ny Jack Reacher-thrilleren fra #1 New York Times bestselgende forfattere Lee Child og Andrew ChildReacher ante ikke hvor han befant seg eller hvordan han hadde havnet der. Men noen må ha brakt ham dit. Og lenket ham fast. Den som sto bak, kom til å angre. Det var helt sikkert. Jack Reacher våkner opp alene, i mørket, lenket med håndjern til en provisorisk seng. Hans høyre arm har fått store skader. De få eiendelene hans er borte. Han har ikke noe minne om å ha kommet hit. Det siste Reacher husker er at bilen han hadde fått haik med ble tvunget av veien. Sjåføren ble drept. Skurkene antar at Reacher var sjåførens medsammensvorne og plaster sårene hans mens de planlegger å få ham til å snakke. En plan som vil slå tilbake på spektakulært vis . . .«Det finnes bare en Jack Reacher. Ingen andre er i nærheten.» Mick Herron, bestselgende forfatter

As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee. But there's nothing pleasant about the place. In broad daylight Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. "It was four against one" . . . so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution. The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town's data, records, information . . . and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent, and clear his name. Reacher is intrigued. There's more to the story. The bad guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something serious and deadly, involving a conspiracy, a cover-up, and murder-all centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he's up against. Rule one: if you don't know the trouble you're in, keep Reacher by your side.

The world's bestselling hero is back in a brand new, high-octane adventure! *COMING SOON* 'She knew that finding Reacher would not be easy . . .' Washington DC. General Susan Turner needs help from the only guy she knows will get the job done right. Finding Reacher won't be easy. He's a wanderer. His trail will be faint. But it won't be impossible either. Reacher gets an invitation: a meeting with the general. Unnamed general, unnamed agency. Not the most attractive offer. But he's curious. Buckle up for a ride like no other . . . *CHAIN REACTION - available to pre-order now!* PRAISE FOR JACK REACHER: 'The coolest continuing series character' STEPHEN KING 'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRON 'It's no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone's favourite rebel hero.' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'One of the truly memorable tough-guy heroes.' JEFFERY DEAVER THE BRAND NEW REACHER NOVEL FROM THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR And don't miss Reacher's most recent adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***

Jag var killen som alltid hittade en väg. Jag var killen som inte gick att stoppa. Men allt det där är nog över nu. En knarklangare med bekymmer känner att han vill lätta sitt hjärta för en främling. En ung polis blir förvisad till arkivet i polishusets källare där han hittar ledtrådar till olösta fall. En samvetsgrann livvakt säger upp sig när han blir överlistad. Ett militäruppdrag planeras till perfektion. En potentiell kandidat för Manhattanprojektet granskas av en FBI-agent. En mördare är ute efter andra mördare. Njut av 20 spännande, gastkramande och fartfyllda noveller skrivna av en av världens främsta thrillerförfattare. "mycket underhållande läsning, den svenska språkdräkten sitter som den ska och varje novell är olidligt spännande på sitt sätt." BTJ

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for season four of the hit streaming series Reacher! “High-powered, intricately wrought suspense.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn’t. And if you think Reacher isn’t going to get involved . . . then you don’t know Jack. Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and Afghanistan—by dozens of people with one thing in common: They’re all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or just enough to get him killed. A race has begun through the streets of Manhattan, a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. For Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, the finish line comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye. “Propulsive . . . [Child is] an expert at ratcheting up tension.”—Los Angeles Times “Hold on tight. . . . This novel will give you whiplash as you rabidly turn pages. . . . May be [Lee Child’s] best.”—USA Today

From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection. On Monday September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, “Should I continue?” “Yes,” she said. “I like it.” 'Essential reading for all Reacher fans.' STEVE CAVANAGH 'Need a Lee Child/Reacher fix? Of course you do . . . This book is perfect for rabid fans and unabashed addicts – like me.' JAMES PATTERSON ‘Fans of the series (and would-be writers looking for tips) will relish this . . . engaging and instructive’ Sunday Times From urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades. Whether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing; facing his first computer and the coming of the internet; writing about New York just before – and just after – 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen, each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was psychologically and physically when he wrote each novel. Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these stories were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words: ‘why the books turned out the way they did’. But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count. Praise for Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories: 'Whip-smart, gripping and chock-full of wit and charm, just like the author himself.' KARIN SLAUGHTER, No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent series 'A unique, fascinating insight into the creative and personal journey of one of the world’s finest authors. I loved it.' STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of Fifty Fifty and Thirteen 'A fascinating look at the brilliant mind that created the iconic Jack Reacher. Both inspiring and instructive, this is a must-read for both readers and writers.' TESS GERRITSEN, bestselling author of the Martini Club series 'A terrific accompaniment to the books, and answers so many questions.' JOANNE HARRIS, bestselling author of Chocolat ***

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! The ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of short fiction that finds Reacher in a hollowed-out town in Maine, where he witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime. “Small Wars” takes readers back to 1989, when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in Georgia—and whose killer may be hiding in plain sight. In “Not a Drill,” Reacher tries to take some downtime, but a pleasant hike in Maine turns into a walk on the wild side—and perhaps something far more sinister. “High Heat” time-hops to 1977, when Reacher is a teenager in sweltering New York City during a sudden blackout that awakens the dark side of the city that never sleeps. Okinawa is the setting of “Second Son,” which reveals the pivotal moment when young Reacher’s sharp “lizard brain” becomes just as important as his muscle. In “Deep Down,” Reacher tracks down a spy by matching wits with four formidable females—three of whom are clean, but the fourth may prove fatal. Rounding out the collection are “Guy Walks into a Bar,” “James Penney’s New Identity,” “Everyone Talks,” “The Picture of the Lonely Diner,” “Maybe They Have a Tradition,” and “No Room at the Motel.” No suitcase. No destination. No middle name. No matter how far Reacher travels off the beaten path, trouble always finds him. Feel bad for trouble. Praise for No Middle Name “Captivating . . . classic [Lee] Child . . . This volume demonstrates what his fans already know: he’s a born storyteller and an astute observer.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Lee Child, like his creation, always knows exactly what he’s doing—and he does it well. Time in his company is never wasted.”—Evening Standard

Enhances his status as a mythic avenger. . . You'll be left with a thumping heart and a racing pulse but, be warned, Chapter 63 will give you nightmares." (Evening Standard)Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. There are twelve things to look for. No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever forget them. New York City. The subway, two o'clock in the morning. Jack Reacher studies his fellow passengers. Four are OK. The fifth isn't. The train brakes for Grand Central Station. Will Reacher intervene, and save lives? Or is he wrong? Will his intervention cost lives - including his own?_________Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Gone Tomorrow is 13th in the series. And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***

A Reacher Novel

En knarklangade lönnmördare känner att han vill lätta sitt hjärta för en främling. En nybliven polis får tillbringa dagen i arkivrummet där han upptäcker kopplingar till historiska datum som kan leda till att flera olösta fall får sin lösning. En noggrann livvakt säger upp sig när han blir överlistad. En militäruppdrag planeras till perfektion. En potentiell kandidat för Projekt Manhattan granskas noga av en FBI-agent. En mördare är ute efter andra mördare. Njut av 20 spännande, gastkramande och fartfyllda noveller skrivna av en världens främsta thrillerförfattare.

A masterpiece of suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! “The truth about Reacher gets better and better.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times 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.

You know Jack Reacher. Now meet twenty more heroes and heavies from the brilliant mind of legendary crime author Lee Child. A drug-dealing hit man feels that he must unburden his fears and guilt to a stranger in "Ten Keys." A rookie cop in "Normal in Every Way" is assigned to the department's file room, where he makes connections to historic dates that could lead to solving crimes. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. A potential worker for the Manhattan Project is carefully surveilled by an FBI agent. A killer preys on other killers. Taken together, these stories are a riotous calamity of criminals and crime fighters; individually, they are expertly crafted, piercing tales that hit hard enough to leave a mark. These twenty intriguing, thrilling, and rapid-fire fictions are intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, sure to please new and longtime fans of Child and to illuminate a side of the author's work unknown to Reacher devotees. Featuring a colorful new introduction from the author, the collection stands as the first book written entirely by Child in four years.

On Monday September 5th, 1994, at home, at the dining room table, I sat down to write. An hour later, I gave the first chapter to my wife. I asked, “Should I continue?”“Yes,” she said. “I like it.” From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child’s first-ever autobiographical collection.'Essential reading for all Reacher fans.' STEVE CAVANAGHFrom urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades. Whether it is through Lee’s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing; facing his first computer and the coming of the internet; writing about New York just before – and just after – 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen, each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was psychologically and physically when he wrote each novel. Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these stories were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a ‘behind-the-scenes’ – or, in Lee’s words: ‘why the books turned out the way they did’. But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count.'Essential reading for all Reacher fans, or anyone who is remotely interested in reading and writing. A unique, fascinating insight into the creative and personal journey of one of the world’s finest authors. I loved it.' STEVE CAVANAGH