The Enemy: (Jack Reacher 8) (Jack Reacher Novel) [Paperback]

Lee Child is a quiet, undemonstrative man who is phlegmatic about his success in the thriller field. The Enemy will no doubt attract the usual enthusiastic acclaim, and it deserves to. One thing that is guaranteed to please Child is the open-mouthed astonishment of American readers who learn that this writer of the most idiomatic American thrillers (with brilliantly realised US locales) is actually English. But there's never a sense of striving for effects in such taut Child novels as Killing Floor and Die Trying. Child simply delivers the goods, US-style--and The Enemy is no exception.

Child's usual protagonist, the tough and resourceful Jack Reacher, is in North Carolina on New Year's Day, 1990. Elsewhere, world-shaking events are underway, such as the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. But Jack's job as a Military Police Duty Officer has him concerned with what initially seem to be less significant happenings: a soldier has been found dead in a sleazy motel and when Jack goes to the house of the soldier (a two-star general) to inform his wife, he finds her also dead. Needless to say, events in another part of the globe are having fatal repercussions in the US, and Reacher is soon up to his neck, with the body count rising.

As a glimpse into the early life of Jack Reacher (now securely one of the most admired heroes in contemporary thriller writing), this is meat and drink to the Child aficionado. Child foregrounds characterisation in his pacy narratives, and this eighth outing for Jack has all the adrenalin-producing qualities of its predecessors. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Another great book for him, gives us hero Jack Reacher's back-story. Hurrah.'

'Exciting stuff, with a narrative that rarely lets up ... A distinct cut above your average airport thriller.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'A more intricate plot, which makes another enjoyable read in this first-rate series.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'Lee Child fans will love this prequel to the best-selling Jack Reacher novels...Ass-kicking.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Takes cult hero Jack Reacher back in time, to his younger days as a Military Policeman in the US Army.

'Another great book for him, gives us hero Jack Reacher's back-story. Hurrah.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'utterley irresistible, proof that there is no substitute...' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'another great book for him...Hurrah'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

New Year’s Day, 1990.

A soldier is found dead in a sleazy motel bed. Jack Reacher is the officer on duty. The soldier turns out to be a two-star general. The situation is bad enough, then Reacher finds the general’s wife.

This stomach-churning thriller turns back the clock to a younger Reacher, in dogtags. A Reacher who still believes in the service. A Reacher who imposes army discipline. Even if only in his own pragmatic way…

The new riproaring, missilebusting piece of killer storytelling by Lee Child takes his cult hero Jack Reacher back in time, to his days as a Military Policeman in the US Army.

New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The Cold War is ending. Soon, America won’t have any enemies left. A soldier is found dead in a sleazy motel bed. Jack Reacher is the officer on duty. The soldier turns out to be a two-star general. Then Reacher finds another corpse: the general’s wife.

Lee Child’s stomach-churning thriller turns back the clock. We meet a younger Reacher, in dogtags, far from the no-ties, no-last-known-address drifter of the other novels. A Reacher who imposes army discipline. Even if only in his own pragmatic way . . .

Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. His novels consistently achieve the number one slot in hardback and paperback on bestsellers lists on both sides of the Atlantic, and are translated into over forty languages. His debut novel, Killing Floor, was written after he was made redundant from his television job in Manchester, and introduced his much-admired maverick hero, the former military cop Jack Reacher. Born in Coventry, he now lives in America.