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Lee Child (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 4 Aug 2011 | Series: Jack Reacher (Book 15)

Featuring Jack Reacher, hero of the new blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise, in an explosive follow-up to the cliffhanger ending of 61 Hours.

Has Jack Reacher finally met his match?

61 Hours ended with Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him.

Was that really the end of the road for the maverick loner?

Worth Dying For is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write - a heart-racing page-turner no suspense fan will want to miss.

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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam (4 Aug 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553825488
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553825480
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 3.4 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (282 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Lee Child has had his readers biting their fingernails even more insistently than usual since his last novel. The author usually delivers one book a year featuring his laconic, super-resourceful hero Jack Reacher, but we were informed by his publishers that there would be a very briskly delivered successor to the last book, 61 Hours -- and the reason was not hard to see. A significant number of Reacher admirers had been startled by the fact that the ex-military policeman appeared to be dead at the end of his latest outing. But we can relax -- here’s the new book, Worth Dying For, with the tough Mr Reacher alive and kicking, and more than ready for another helping of pulse-raising action.

Initially, we are not told how Jack Reacher survived the seemingly-terminal events of the last book, as he makes his way south to an unwelcoming part of Nebraska in the dead of winter. He fetches up in a town in the grip of the powerful, manipulative Duncan family, and the cowed townspeople have no fight left in them. In a sleazy hotel, he encounters the town's alcoholic doctor, and the two end up driving to a house where they come across a grim case of domestic violence. And Child admirers won’t be surprised to learn that Jack’s life is soon on the line -- as usual. The stage is set for violent confrontation.

Lee Child, with each new book, effortlessly sails to the top of the bestseller charts – a feat already achieved with Worth Dying For. The secret? There are no frills with the business-like Mr Child - just copper-bottomed storytelling skills, fully on display with this new book. The frigid Nebraska setting here contrasts tellingly with the hot action. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"A sequel to the terrific 61 Hours (try to read it first)... one of the great storytellers of the thriller genre" (The Times )

"His is an ironclad storytelling ethos, a gift for narrative that grips like the proverbial vice... Reacher, as ever, is sui generis - a violent force for good set down by the author to eliminate evil and move on. But what counts is Child's ability to keep the reader turning the pages. If anyone can put down Worth Dying For after the first few pages, then they shouldn't really be reading thrillers at all" (Independent )

"As a warrior who lacks a car, credit card, phone or weapon of his own, and has no continuing human ties or home, he is even more of a lone, denuded outsider than Lisbeth Salander, the heroine of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Both are avengers who play on our atavistic instincts: when we cheer their lethal justice - if we do - we're acknowledging the pull of a primitive hatred that demands death and can't wait, scornful of the protracted pussyfooting of the law" (The Sunday Times )

"Worth queuing up for" (Sun )

"Explosive as ever" (Daily Mirror )
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth Dying For 9 Nov 2010
By A. Summers
Format:Hardcover
I have been a fan of Lee Child ever since I read his first book 12 years ago. I avidly await the next Jack Reacher instalment and have recommended his books to a number of friends who are equally hooked. I have to say that Worth Dying For is a bit of a disappointment. The book plodded through to the end with turgid writing, a poor plot, stated the obvious and with little wit in the dialogue, and bodies piling up. I get the impression that Mr Child's publishers were pressing him to rush out another novel within six months (readers usually wait a year between instalments). I am sure that he did his best but I am afraid the haste shows. Nevertheless I hope this is just a blip and that Jack Reacher will be back on form in the next novel.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed 26 Nov 2010
By Sarahj
Format:Hardcover
I had been looking forward to the latest Jack Reacher adventure but found this very disappointing. I have read all the other books and know Jack very well! Plot seem very slow with too many confusing characters that didn't really link up that much. Not enough of technical knowledge that Jack always 'Just' knows. Perhaps he has run his course which would be such a shame as most of the other books were brilliant.
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103 of 110 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Reacher (continued) 5 Oct 2010
By N. Brett TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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"To be continued" it said at the end of the last book, ending on a bit of a cliff-hanger. That kind of raised expectations that this would be a continuation of that book, but no this is a stand alone story although Reacher carries forward some injuries and there is a very brief explanation as to how he got them.

The iconic loner/drifter Reacher is in bleak Nebraska and gets caught up in a region ruled by the Duncan family who are waiting for a mysterious shipment and Reacher seems to be an obstacle. The last book "61 Hours" had a strong element of waiting for something to come in, and we have seen quite a bit of Reacher in bleak American towns, so there were elements that felt familiar. Reacher also discovers that a girl went missing many years ago and once his sense of justice kicks in, there is no way he can leave until he resolves things.

Typical Reacher then, a page turner with a great character. Perhaps too samey to other Reacher stories to be one of the author's best, but it is still sucks you in and makes you want to read just one more page.
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Lee Child is one of those authors that grips you from the first paragraph and should be read by many
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I liked this book. The storyline was well sustained, and the gradual release of the information tppk me along at a nice pace. I qouls recommend it to others.
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4.0 out of 5 stars good strong storyline
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Published 1 month ago by jade smith
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Published 1 month ago by Alexander Kreator
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