This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in lee childs numberone bestselling series takes reacher across the atlantic to paris and then to london. It also fails to live up to the rule that a writer improves with experience. He went to law school in sheffield, england, and after parttime work in the theater he joined granada television in manchester for what turned out to be an. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that jrr tolkien had attended. Personal is the nineteenth book in the jack reacher series written by lee child. Personal jack reacher, book 19 by lee child book cover, description, publication history. Lee child personal lee child talks about the 19th book in his jack reacher series and why he might be bringing tom cruise to romford, essex. Welcome to the website of lee child, the creator of jack reacher. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Lee child started writing in 1997, and all his solo novels to date have featured jack reacher. Author lee child discusses his new jack reacher book. My thought was certainly borneout since many men responded to that ideano mortgage, no bills, no commitments. According to lee child, jack reacher is a modern version of something thats been around for thousands of years, but that doesnt mean the character can avoid his fate when his creator decides it. Herb johnson gazette contributor this is a jack reacher novel, the 19th in the series of actionpacked books featuring. Personal is the 19th jack reacher novel by lee child. Lee child provides enough background in each book to bring the reader.
Reacher teams up with casey nice, an attractive young woman from the state. Childs hero jack reacher is called in to track down a sniper who may be on a personal. Each book in the series is a selfcontained story, and the plot of each book relies very little on the prior books in the series. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading personal. By this time, the author took the pseudonym lee child, a name that stuck until today. The very next book released in the same year 2010 worth dying for does make a reference to the ending of 61 hours which does answer a few questions, but i understand what you mean. The novel was published on 28 august 2014 in the uk, new zealand, australia. You see, lee child has spoiled me so that i have come to expect that every reacher novel will be at least as intriguing, thrilling and loaded with suspense as the ones that were released earlier. Canberra times his 1997 debut novel, killing floor, about the nomadic, former military policeman jack reacher won a string of awards and set him on the path to. Here youll find information on the reacher novels and short stories, nonreacher short stories, two international movies. Book description jack reacher, the popular dropout renegade crusader for justice, returns in a brandnew thriller in lee childs numberone bestselling series across the atlantic, to paris, and then to london.
Lee child was born in the exact geographic centre of england, in the heart of the industrial badlands. I didnt consciously plan it, but id created a situation of a man with no commitments, no responsibilities. Lee child was born in 1954 in coventry, england, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of birmingham. British author lee child, whose real name is jim grant, is famous for the series of books featuring jack reacher.
The good thing about lee childs jack reacher novels is that they can be read in any order. Lee child writes his 19th jack reacher novel the retired u. Foreign rights in the reacher series have sold in almost a hundred territories. This is the official fan page for bestselling author lee child and his jack reacher novels. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Personal jack reacher, book 19 by lee child fantastic fiction. Personal by lee child 2014, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Personal with bonus short story not a drill on apple books. The books follow the adventures of the former american military policeman as he wanders the country. Bennett was watching me, and i asked him, the bulletproof glass in paris was new, right. Lee child is known for his jack reacher series of books. Not completely, notes jack reacherand sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. Grant starts each new instalment of his book series on the anniversary day he began writing the first book in the wake of a job loss. Personal 19 by lee child 2015, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. When i wrote the first book, i felt it would appeal to men. Jack reacher returns in the latest fastmoving, actionpacked, suspenseful book from numberone new york times bestselling author lee child. Lee child then wrote his first reacher novel, killing floor.
In fact, i have spoken over the years with several jack reacher lovers, and many believed the authors real name is lee child. We have a bibliography of his written material so you can check off what youve read see books or. Jack reacher survives, but the 19th lee child novel is fascinating. Lee has however, contributed to numerous short story collections which are also listed here. His pen name lee comes from a family joke about a heard mispronunciation of the name of renaults le car, as lee car. The stakes have never been higher because this time, its personal. Lee child books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Classic thriller writing from the one of the best on the block. Reacher novels are not the only works that lee child has published. This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in lee childs numberone bestselling series takes reacher across the atlantic to paris and then to. This series began in 1997 with killing floor and has spawned many more novels in the series. He has also written the short stories, second son and deep down. The plot of the book revolves around reachers pursuit of a sniper who has attempted to assassinate the president of france.
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