The Secret, Lee Child
The Secret, Lee Child
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The Secret
A Jack Reacher Novel

Bestseller

Author: Lee Child, Andrew Child

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2023

Synopsis

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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?

About Lee Child

English Author Jim Grant (Pen Name) “Lee Child”, was born in 1954 in Coventry, England UK. His most notable writings are the Jack Reacher series novels. Beginning with his first novel, Killing Floor, each of his work follows a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher who wanders throughout the United States.

Grant (Child) studied law at the University of Sheffield, but knew he had no intention of practicing law. After graduating, he worked in commercial television. He worked in that venue until 1995. A fun fact is that he chose Reacher for his main characters name, because he himself is tall and his wife once said, “If this “writing thing” does not work out, you could always be a Reacher in a supermarket.” Grant (Child) describes his books as revenge stories-“somebody does a very bad thing, and Reacher takes revenge.” In 2012, his novel “One Shot”, was adapted into a film called “Jack Reacher”, starring Tom Cruise.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Annie on October 01, 2023

I can’t resist reading a Lee Child book, & this one was no exception. However, I was disappointed. I prefer Jack Reacher as a present-day wanderer, not as an Army MP (his previous life). I also prefer 80% (at least) of the story told through Reacher’s point of view. In “The Secret,” Reacher’s POV ta......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 29, 2023

Always order the new Jack Reachers the previous year and wait for delivery. Then as they are fast reads sit on them for a while. To be fair even at 900 pages a Reacher would be a fast read. Much has been said about Lee Child and his brother Andrew’s partnership as being a bit lightweight compared to......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on November 13, 2023

Not a bad outing for this long-running series, now dually written by Lee and Andrew Child. This book takes us back to 1992, where someone is killing members of a team of scientists who worked on an ill-fated military project at a chemical company in India in 1969. Captain Reacher is assigned to an i......more

Goodreads review by John (I want my notifications back) on December 23, 2024

I never tire of reading a Jack Reacher novel. This one is no exception. The action flows, the plot is good(maybe a little predictable), the characters are believable and the ending is rewarding. It is a solid read and I would recommend it to my GR friends.......more

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Praise for the Jack Reacher series

“The truth about Reacher gets better and better. . . . This series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of. I read every one as soon as it appears.”—Ken Follett

“Reacher is the stuff of myth. . . . One of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes.”—The Washington Post

“I’m a fan.”—James Patterson

“The Reacher novels are easily the best thriller series going.”—NPR

“Reacher is a man for whom the phrase moral compass was invented: His code determines his direction. . . . You need Jack Reacher.”—The Atlantic

“I pick up Jack Reacher when I’m in the mood for someone big to solve my problems.”—Patricia Cornwell

“[A] feverishly thrilling series . . . You can always count on furious action.”—Miami Herald

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