Lee Child

Jack Reacheri looja kakskümmend krimilugu, mis ilmuvad esimest korda kogumikuna. Lee Child sündis 1954. aastal Inglismaal Coventrys. Ta õppis õigusteadust Sheffieldis, töötas osalise ajaga sealses teatris, hiljem läks aga tööle Manchesteri Granada Televisiooni, kuhu jäi sellel Briti televisiooni kuldajastul tervelt 18 aastaks. 1995. aastal vallandati ta ettevõtte ümberstruktureerimise käigus. Alati himuka lugejana otsustas ta näha uut võimalust seal, kus teised võinuks näha kriisi - ostis kuue dollari eest paberit ja pliiatseid ning asus kirjutama raamatut "Killing Floor" (eesti k "Tapamaja"), Jack Reacheri sarja esimest lugu. Viimased kolmkümmend aastat on Lee Child olnud üks maailma menukamaid autoreid, seda eeskätt tänu tema põnevike ülipopulaarsele kangelasele Jack Reacherile. Lee Child on aga kirjutanud ka väljapoole seda sarja jäävaid lugusid, milles on tegelasi nii seaduse kaitsjate kui ka rikkujate seast. Kakskümmend tema krimilugu ilmuvad esimest korda kogumikuna. "Kümnes kilos" leiab uimastivedaja, et peab jagama oma hirme ja süütunnet võhivõõraga. "Igati normaalses" saadetakse algaja politseiametnik tööle jaoskonna arhiivi, kus ta avastab seoseid ajalooliste daatumite vahel, mis aitavad lahendada kuritegusid. Ihukaitsja loobub oma tööst, kui ta üle kavaldatakse. Palgamõrtsukas võtab rajalt maha teisi palgamõrtsukaid. Üheskoos vaatlevad Childi lood kurjategijate ja kuritegevuse vastu võitlejate kaootilist maailma; ükshaaval võttes on need meisterlikult kavandatud jutud. Childile omase põnevuse ja pingega vürtsitatud lood näitavad autori meisterlikkust ka lühivormi loojana.

A suspenseful, thrilling anthology of 24 original short stories inspired by the iconic works of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, curated by acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski. Featuring some of the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction, including Lee Child, Sophie Hannah, Peter Swanson, and many more Birds, Strangers and Psychos is a thrilling anthology that brings together the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary filmmaker whose name is synonymous with suspense. Acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski curates 24 original short stories, each inspired by the mood, tension, and style that defined Hitchcock's groundbreaking work. This anthology invites both emerging and established voices to reimagine the chilling atmospheres, twisted plots, and unforgettable characters of Hitchcock's films, from Psycho and Vertigo to North by Northwest and The Birds. Just as Hitchcock adapted stories from literary giants like Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, and Roald Dahl, Birds, Strangers and Psychos unites today's literary stars to craft new suspenseful tales that are destined to thrill, haunt, and unsettle. These stories celebrate Hitchcock's enduring influence, creating an anthology that serves both as a tribute and as a reminder of why Hitchcock's legacy continues to loom so large in popular culture. This volume is not just a collection of stories - it's an invitation to rediscover the artistry of suspense. Each author takes on the challenge of evoking the quintessentially 'Hitchcockian' elements that have captivated audiences for decades: ordinary lives interrupted by peril, psychological duels, and unexpected encounters that spiral into nightmares. The volume showcases an extraordinary blend of talent, featuring stories from: Lee ChildJoe R. Lansdale & Keith LansdaleDonna MooreJames GradyPeter LoveseyKim NewmanA. K. BenedictVaseem KhanM. W. CravenS. A. CosbySophie HannahGuy AdamsAna Teresa PereiraNadine MathesonDavid ThomsonJerome CharynAnne BillsonWilliam BoyleJeff NoonXan BrooksRagnar JonassonDenise MinaLily SamsonPeter Swanson

After making his debut in 1997's The Killing Floor, Jack Reacher has quickly become one of the most popular--and most enduring--fictional heroes to emerge in the past half century. Now, his creator tells the stories behind the stories. These are the origin tales of all of the Reacher novels written solely by Lee Child, chock full of colorful anecdotes and intriguing inspirations. One by one, they expand upon each novel and place it in the context not only of the author's life, but of the world outside the books. And taken together, they chart the rise of an action icon, from 1999's The Killing Floor to 2019's Blue Moon. An afterword by crime fiction expert and bookseller Otto Penzler considers the importance of the character and novels in the canon of contemporary crime fiction. In addition to the essays, this collection also includes an original Reacher short story--the first new Reacher appearance entirely written by Lee Child since 2019. Entertaining and enlightening, Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories is a must-read for fans of the Jack Reacher series and a capstone to any collection of this excellent author.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES - Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher "The truth about Reacher gets better and better. . . . This series is] utterly addictive."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man who paid it, would do anything to get his family back. Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And Jack Reacher is the best manhunter in the world. On the trail of vicious kidnappers, Reacher learns the chilling secrets of his employer's past . . . and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He knows that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: He's already in way too deep to stop now. And if he has to do it the hard way, he will.

Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES - "A thriller that gallops at a breakneck pace."--Chicago Sun-Times Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is one case that changes everything. For Jack Reacher, this is that case. New Year's Day, 1990. In a North Carolina motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Reacher has his orders: Control the situation. Within hours the general's wife is murdered. Then the dominoes really start to fall. Somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U. S. Army, Reacher is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have. But Reacher won't quit. He's fighting a new kind of war--against an enemy he didn't know he had. And against a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed. The Enemy, like most of the books in the Jack Reacher series, can be read as a standalone thriller.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher "Pure, escapist gold . . . Mr. Child's tough talk and thoughtful plotting make an ingenious combination."--The New York Times Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, ex--military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooter-a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not right-and soon the slam-dunk case explodes. Now Reacher is teamed with a beautiful young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. Reacher knows that no two opponents are created equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunning-and then beat him shot for shot.

An American mathematician's assignment in Russia spirals into a high-stakes maze of shifting loyalties and intrigue in a propulsive short thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. Nathan Tyler is an unassuming professor at a middling American university with a rather obscure specialty in mathematics-in short, a nobody from nowhere. So why is the White House calling? Summoned to Washington, DC, for a top-secret briefing, Nathan discovers that he's the key to a massive foreign intelligence breakthrough. Reading between the lines of a cryptic series of equations, he could open a door straight into the heart of the Kremlin and change the global balance of power forever. All he has to do is get to a meeting with the renowned Russian mathematician who created it. But when Nathan crashes headlong into a dangerous new game, the odds against him suddenly look a lot steeper.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher! Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .

Reacher näeb ühes Wisconsini linnakeses ringi uidates pandimaja aknal sõrmust kirjaga West Point 2005. See oli sõjakooli lõpetajate jaoks karm aastakäik - Iraak ja seejärel Afganistan. Pisikese naistesõrmuse siseküljele on graveeritud nimetähed. Reacher paneb imeks, milline õnnetu olukord võis sundida inimest loobuma esemest, mille teenimisele ta on kulutanud neli ränkrasket aastat. Ta otsustab selle välja uurida, naise üles otsida ja sõrmuse talle tagastada. Miks ka mitte? Algab Reacherit Kesk-Lääne põhjaosa väikelinna pätibaarist kruusateedega pärapõrgusse viiv vaevarikas teekond, mille käigus ta kohtub tsiklimeeste, politseinike, sulide, käeväänajate, kaunitaride ja teadmata kadunud inimesi otsiva eradetektiiviga, kes kannab keset Wyomingi kõnnumaad lipsu ja ülikonda. Mida sügavamale Reacher oma otsingutes jõuab ja mida rohkem ta teada saab, seda ohtlikumaks kogu olustik tema ümber muutub. Tuleb välja, et sõrmus on kõigest ühe märksa süngema keti tilluke lüli. Kuritegelikku suurüritust kaitsevad võimsad jõud, kellele vastu astuda on surmavalt ohtlik. Ent vastu astuda ei ole soovitatav ka Reacherile.

** REACHER SEASON 3: OUT NOW ON PRIME VIDEO**"Ballsy, dynamic and not for the faint-hearted." (Daily Mail)Never forgive, never forget. Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. But he has a burning desire to right wrongs - and rewrite his own agonizing past. Never apologize. Never explain. When Reacher witnesses a brutal kidnap attempt, he takes the law into his own hands. But a cop dies. Has Reacher lost his sense of right and wrong? INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY BY LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN._________Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Persuader is the seventh in the series. And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***

1992. Åtta framstående personer har hittats döda på olika platser runtom i USA. Alla dödsfall ser ut som olyckor och verkar inte ha någon koppling till varandra. Ända fram tills ett offer – resultatet av ett olyckligt fall från ett sjukhusfönster – drar blickarna till sig. USA:s försvarsminister intresserar sig för fallet och ber Jack Reacher att utreda saken närmare. Reacher må vara en utomordentlig soldat, men att nysta i andra människors hemligheter är inte hans starka sida. Samtidigt som han kämpar för att hitta en koppling mellan offren måste han navigera mellan de underliggande motiv som hans nya kollegor kan tänkas ha. Dessutom är Reacher tvungen att göra allt för att hålla sig utom synhåll från några av de farligaste personer han någonsin stött på. Jack Reachers uppgift är att ta reda på sanningen. Men frågan är om han lyckas ställa förövarna inför rätta eller om han kommer bli tvungen att göra upp med dem innan dess?

Dzhek Richer, byvshij voennyj politsejskij, prevyshe vsego tsenit svoju lichnuju svobodu. Dokhody, nalogi, nedvizhimost - vse eto ne dlja nego, da i dlitelnye otnoshenija s zhenschinami, po mneniju Richera, tolko obremenjajut cheloveka. Drugoe delo, esli dama obraschaetsja s prosboj o pomoschi, ved chuzhie problemy vsegda reshajutsja legche, chem sobstvennye. Vo vsjakom sluchae, Richer do sikh por spravljalsja s etim prevoskhodno. Vot i teper on soglashaetsja pomoch odnoj miloj devushke, - mezhdu prochim, ona vozglavljaet spetsgruppu okhrany vitse-prezidenta Soedinennykh Shtatov, kotorogo vzjal na mushku tajnyj vrag. Pokushenie chetko splanirovano, ne uchten lish odin moment: v igru vmeshalsja Dzhek Richer, - i mozhno lish posochuvstvovat tomu, kto igraet ne po ego pravilam. Roman vykhodit v novom perevode. Perevodchik: Jakovleva Viktorija

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES - The inspiration for season three of the hit streaming series Reacher "Gripping and suspenseful . . . Child ratchets up the suspense to new heights."--The Denver Post Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. And with a burning desire to right wrongs--and rewrite his own agonizing past. DEA Susan Duffy is living for the future, knowing that she has made a terrible mistake by putting one of her own female agents into a death trap within a heavily guarded Maine mansion. Staging a brilliant ruse, Reacher hurtles into the dark heart of a vast criminal enterprise. Trying to rescue an agent whose time is running out, Reacher enters a crime lord's waterfront fortress. There he will find a world of secrecy and violence--and confront some unfinished business from his own past.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES - The inspiration for season three of the hit streaming series Reacher "Gripping and suspenseful . . . Child ratchets up the suspense to new heights."--The Denver Post Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. And with a burning desire to right wrongs--and rewrite his own agonizing past. DEA Susan Duffy is living for the future, knowing that she has made a terrible mistake by putting one of her own female agents into a death trap within a heavily guarded Maine mansion. Staging a brilliant ruse, Reacher hurtles into the dark heart of a vast criminal enterprise. Trying to rescue an agent whose time is running out, Reacher enters a crime lord's waterfront fortress. There he will find a world of secrecy and violence--and confront some unfinished business from his own past.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .

Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had got there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. Jack Reacher wakes up, alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed. His captors assume Reacher was the driver's accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk. A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . .'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRONAlthough the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, In Too Deep is the 29th book in the internationally bestselling series. And be sure not to miss Reacher no.28, The Secret! ***OUT NOW**