Lee Child

On 1996. aasta ja Reacher teenib sõjaväes. Enne lõunat antakse talle aumärk ja pärast lõunat saadetakse ta uuesti koolipinki. Ohtuks on ta üldsuse jaoks kadunud. Teda ei nähta enam, temast ei mõelda enam. Lisaks Reacherile on klassiruumis veel üks FJB agent ja üks LKA analüütik. Kõik nad on esmaklassilised tegijad, kes on täitnud äsja mingisuguse nõudliku ülesande, ja kõik nad imestavad, miks nad siin viibivad. Nad saavad teada, et dzhihaadivõitlejate uinuvat rakukest Saksamaal Hamburgis on ootamatult külastanud saudist käskjalg, kes kohtus linnas kellegi tundmatuga. LKA "salakõrv" rakukeses kuulis, et tegemist oli ameeriklasega, kes oli nõudnud millegi eest sada miljonit dollarit. Aga mille eest? Ja kes on see nõudja? Reacher peab koos oma uute kaaslastega tolle ameeriklase üles otsima. Reacher värbab endale appi parima sõduri, keda ta teab - noore ja nägusa seersandi Frances Neagley. Peagi selgub, et kui nad seda meest kätte ei saa, võib maailma tabada fataalsete tagajärgedega terrorirünnak. Langleyst Hamburgini ja Jalalabadist Kiievini ulatuva tegevusega "Ohtukoolis" jälgitakse topeltagentidest, võltsidentiteetidest ning seninägematutest vaenlastest kihaval maastikul kulgevat üllatavate pööretega inimjahti. Nagu ikka külmavereline ja kõva rusikaga Reacher avab selles ülimalt põnevas raamatus veidi ka oma intiimsemat poolt, nimelt et ta oskab olla ka meelas ja elegantne armastaja.

#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 . . .

Piinkova toimintasankari Jack Reacher haudatun salaisuuden jäljillä. On vuosi 1992. Majurista kapteeniksi alennettu sotilaspoliisi Jack Reacher saa komennuksen työryhmään, joka puolustusministerin käskystä selvittää ympäri maata tapahtuneita salaperäisiä kuolemantapauksia. Kaikki ryhmän jäsenet ovat Reacherin tavoin yksikköjensä mustia lampaita, ja tutkinnan edetessä alkaa vaikuttaa siltä, että totuuden sijaan kaivataan syntipukkeja. Reacher ei kuitenkaan hellitä. Hän aikoo jakaa oikeutta joko virallista tietä - tai sitten omalla tavallaan. Jack Reacherin seikkailuista kertovat trillerit ovat bestsellereitä ympäri maailman, ja Amazon on luonut kirjojen pohjalta räjähtävän Reacher-toimintasarjan.

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.

From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author. Here are twenty meticulously plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, featuring assassins, CIA agents, gangsters, and more. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department's file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection... Each story is entirely distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher. The stories included in this collection are:The Bodyguard * The Greatest Trick of All * Ten Keys * Safe Enough * Natural in Every Way * The .50 Solution * Publica Transportation * Me and Mr. Rafferty * Section 7 (a) (Operational) * Addicted to Sweetness * The Bone-Headed League * I Heard a Romantic Story * My First Drug Trial * Wet with Rain * The Truth About What Happened * Pierre, Lucien & Me * New Blank Document * Shorty and the Briefcase * Dying for a Cigarette * The Snake-Eater by the Numbers

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author.'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' KARIN SLAUGHTER‘An enticing snack-like book, full of jaunty tales, twists and violence.’ INDEPENDENT********I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department’s file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he’s outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. . . Meticulously plotted and utterly compelling, these are intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst. Each story is entirely distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher. INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY FROM LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN, STARRING JACK REACHER AND MAGGIE BIRD.*******'I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page, at putting me in the thick of it all.' THE TIMES'Best thriller writer on the planet.' SUSAN HILL'One of the genre's finest practitioners.' INDEPENDENT'I always seize the latest Lee Child with pleasure.' PHILIP PULLMAN*********The stories included in this collection are:The Bodyguard * The Greatest Trick of All * Ten Keys * Safe Enough * Natural in Every Way * The .50 Solution * Publica Transportation * Me and Mr. Rafferty * Section 7 (a) (Operational) * Addicted to Sweetness * The Bone-Headed League * I Heard a Romantic Story * My First Drug Trial * Wet with Rain * The Truth About What Happened * Pierre, Lucien & Me * New Blank Document * Shorty and the Briefcase * Dying for a Cigarette * The Snake-Eater by the Numbers plus an exclusive brand new short story featuring Jack Reacher and Maggie Bird from Lee Child and Tess GerritsenAnd be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***Lee Child, Sunday Times bestselling author, September 2024Lee Child, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author, October 2024Lee Child, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, October 2024Lee Child, No.1 bestseller, Australia October 2024

Fra Lee Child og Andrew Child – internasjonale bestselgere utgitt i 100 land og over 100 millioner solgte bøker – kommer den nye Jack Reacher-thrilleren, HEMMELIGHETEN. Jack Reacher – en #1 New York Times bestselgende serie Har du noen gang blitt innviet i en hemmelighet som forandrer alt? Åtte mennesker er funnet døde på ulike steder i USA. Deres død ser ut som ulykker og er tilsynelatende uten sammenheng. Men så får offeret etter et fatalt fall fra et sykehusvindu uventet oppmerksomhet, og noen begynner å se et mønster. Jack Reacher kommer på banen og får i oppdrag å gjøre én ting: avdekke sannheten. Spørsmålet er om skurkene vil bli stilt for retten på lovlig vis … eller på Jack Reacher-vis? Gled deg til å avdekke HEMMELIGHETEN!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don't appear to be connected--until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army's representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy. But office politics isn't Reacher's thing. Three questions quickly emerge: Who's with him, who's against him, and will the justice he dispenses be the official kind . . . or his own kind?

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?

Bussföraren såg bara en rörelse. Inte mycket mer än en suddig form. Lågt, till höger om henne. Ettvsfäriskt föremål som svängde ner och runt i en fjärdedel av en perfekt cirkel. Som om man av någon anledning hade fäst en melon i änden av ett rep, sa hon till kuratorn nästa dag under det obligatoriska stödsamtalet. Fast det var ingen melon. Det var ett huvud. Ett människohuvud. Ett av vittnena säger att han såg kvinnan slänga sig framför bussen – ett uppenbart självmord. Det andra vittnet är Jack Reacher. Och han såg vad som egentligen hände – en man i grå huvtröja och jeans, tyst och smidig som en skugga, knuffade offret mot en säker död innan han tog hennes väska och smet iväg. Reacher följer efter mördaren till fots, än så länge omedveten om att det inte handlar om ett spontant vansinnesdåd. Mordet är i själva verket en del av något mycket större: en hemlig konspiration med mäktiga personer insnärjda i en avancerad komplott där det inte finns något utrymme för misstag. Om en enda del av planen äventyras måste hotet genast elimineras för gott. Även om hotet heter Jack Reacher ... Följ med på ännu ett hisnande äventyr med hjälten Jack Reacher av de bästsäljande författarna Lee och Andrew Child.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don't appear to be connected--until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army's representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy. But office politics isn't Reacher's thing. Three questions quickly emerge: Who's with him, who's against him, and will the justice he dispenses be the official kind . . . or his own kind?

"Miks kutsutakse teie linnakest Ema Puhkepaigaks?" See on kõik, mida Reacher teada tahab. Aga talle ei räägita. Ümberringi laiub tuhandeid ruutmiile nisupõlde ja nende vahel peitub pisike asula, kus on raudteejaam, elanikud on mornid ja valvsad ning üks murelik naine nimega Michelle Chang peab Reacherit eksikombel kellekski teiseks - oma paarimeheks, kes läks kaduma erajuurdluse käigus, mis algas naise arvates väikesest asjast ja muutus äkki surmavaks. Reacheril puudub selge siht, aega on tal maa ja ilm, lisaks paelub Chang teda ... nõnda ühendavad nad jõud inimeste küsitlemisel. Kui hull see asi olla saab, mõtleb ta. Kuid peagi satub ta meeleheitlikku võidujooksu läbi LA, Chicago, Phoenixi ja San Francisco, samuti interneti varjatud osade, pistes igal sammul rinda kõrilõikajate ja mõrtsukatega - kuni ta jõuab viimaks tagasi sinna, kust alustas, Ema Puhkepaika, et seista silmitsi kõige hullema luupainajaga, mida üldse võib ette kujutada. Loobuda oleks olnud lihtsam. Aga nagu alati, kehtib Reacheri reegel: kui tõuge on kord antud, ei saa enam pidama.

Fra Lee Child og Andrew Child – internasjonale bestselgere utgitt i 100 land og over 100 millioner solgte bøker – kommer den nye Jack Reacher-thrilleren, HEMMELIGHETEN. Jack Reacher – en #1 New York Times bestselgende serieHar du noen gang blitt innviet i en hemmelighet som forandrer alt? Åtte mennesker er funnet døde på ulike steder i USA. Deres død ser ut som ulykker og er tilsynelatende uten sammenheng. Men så får offeret etter et fatalt fall fra et sykehusvindu uventet oppmerksomhet, og noen begynner å se et mønster. Jack Reacher kommer på banen og får i oppdrag å gjøre én ting: avdekke sannheten. Spørsmålet er om skurkene vil bli stilt for retten på lovlig vis … eller på Jack Reacher-vis? Gled deg til å avdekke HEMMELIGHETEN!

‘If the final pages of this story don’t make your heart race, then you might want to make sure your heart is still working.’ KARIN SLAUGHTERFor Jack Reacher, being invisible has become a habit. He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in a local strip club in the Florida Keys. He doesn't want to be found. But someone has sent a private detective to seek him out. Then Reacher finds the guy beaten to death with his fingertips sliced off. It's time to head north and work out who is trying to find him and why._________'Lee Child continues his meteoric rise and mastery of suspense with Tripwire. It's a tightly-drawn and swift thriller that gives new meaning to what a page-turner should be.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'A slickly effective thriller which confirms Child's ability to keep the reader guessing - and sweating.' THE TIMES Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Tripwire is 3rd in the series. And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! **PRE-ORDER NOW**

Bussföraren såg bara en rörelse. Inte mycket mer än en suddig form. Lågt, till höger om henne. Ett sfäriskt föremål som svängde ner och runt i en fjärdedel av en perfekt cirkel. Som om man av någon anledning hade fäst en melon i änden av ett rep, sa hon till kuratorn nästa dag under det obligatoriska stödsamtalet. Fast det var ingen melon. Det var ett huvud. Ett människohuvud. Ett av vittnena säger att han såg kvinnan slänga sig framför bussen – ett uppenbart självmord. Det andra vittnet är Jack Reacher. Och han såg vad som egentligen hände – en man i grå huvtröja och jeans, tyst och smidig som en skugga, knuffade offret mot en säker död innan han tog hennes väska och smet iväg. Reacher följer efter mördaren till fots, än så länge omedveten om att det inte handlar om ett spontant vansinnesdåd. Mordet är i själva verket en del av något mycket större: en hemlig konspiration med mäktiga personer insnärjda i en avancerad komplott där det inte finns något utrymme för misstag. Om en enda del av planen äventyras måste hotet genast elimineras för gott. Även om hotet heter Jack Reacher ... Följ med på ännu ett hisnande äventyr med hjälten Jack Reacher av de bästsäljande författarna Lee och Andrew Child.

** REACHER SEASON 2: BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE out now on Prime video **"The invincible Reacher is as irresistible as ever." (Sunday Telegraph)You do not mess with Jack Reacher. He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his anonymity and solitude. So when a member of his old Army unit finds a way to contact him, he knows this has to be serious. You do not mess with the Special Investigators. In the past the elite team always watched each other's backs. Now one of them has shown up dead in the California desert and six more are missing. Reacher's old buddies are in big trouble, and he can't let that go._________Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Bad Luck and Trouble is the 11th in the series. And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***