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Book SynopsisFeaturing Jack Reacher, hero of the new blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise, as he faces his most implacable enemy yet.
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?
Trade ReviewEnhances 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 *
Has the switchback plotting and frictionless prose that are Child's trademarks. Unlike most of the series, though, it's narrated by Reacher himself. His lone-wolf habits and brusque, technophobic decodings of the world are always a pleasure. * Guardian *
Read this before you read any other new thriller, as the master of suspense and action is back on scorching form. * Shortlist magazine *
Lee Child's Jack Reacher books are among the most popular crime novels right now - the're good fun and super-tense...One of his best. * Heat *
Reacher is [Raymond Chandler's] Marlowe's literary descendant, and a 21st-century knight - only tougher. This is the 13h book in Child's terrific series, and it's the most provocative and thrilling one yet...the summer's best thriller. * Minneapolis Star-Tribune *