The Hard Way by Lee Child audiobook

The Hard Way: A Jack Reacher Novel

By Lee Child
Read by Jeff Harding and Dick Hill

Random House Audio 9780440246008

The Jack Reacher Novels: Book 10

• 14.24 Hours • Unabridged
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THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher!  “The truth about Reacher gets better and better. . . . This series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man who paid it, would do anything to get his family back. Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And Jack Reacher is the best manhunter in the world. On the trail of vicious kidnappers, Reacher learns the chilling secrets of his employer’s past . . . and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He knows that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: He’s already in way too deep to stop now. And if he has to do it the hard way, he will.

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Summary

Summary

A USA Today bestseller

Winner of Amazon's Top 10 Editors' Picks: Mysteries & Thrillers, 2006

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

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

Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man who paid it, would do anything to get his family back.

Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And Jack Reacher is the best manhunter in the world.

On the trail of vicious kidnappers, Reacher learns the chilling secrets of his employer’s past . . . and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He knows that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: He’s already in way too deep to stop now. And if he has to do it the hard way, he will.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Nine red-hot books ago, Lee Child concocted the rough, tough Superman of the crime-busting genre, as smart and charismatic as he is unbeatable. And then Mr. Child broke the mold…Reacher returns in this series’ tenth installment, The Hard Way. It’s one more labyrinthine story that takes off like a shot: as usual, Mr. Child has you at hello.” —New York Times
“Fans…will find themselves hanging onto their armchairs for dear life. The Hard Way is a breathless, well-paced thriller.” —Denver Post
“In The Hard Way, Reacher is better than ever.” —Contra Costa Times
“Plenty of suspense writers play the tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold card, but Child is indelibly skillful, quickly sketching intriguing characters as he drops bombshell after bombshell. With its taciturn but engaging hero and almost unbearably prolonged tension, The Hard Way makes reading easy indeed.” —Miami Herald
“Plunges Reacher into one of his most challenging—and thoroughly engrossing—adventures to date.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Like all the best thrillers, this one is about more than pace—the narrative propels you forward with a locomotive’s thrust, but Child never loses sight of the small detail or the human fabric.” —Booklist (starred review)
“[Child] shows again his mastery of the thriller…Jack Reacher may know the time to the minute without a watch and bring justice to bear wherever he goes, but this time he does it the hard way, sweating the details and working the clues…Tension builds through the plot twists to another riveting finish.” —Library Journal (starred review)
A Reacher novel is the closest thing to guaranteed joy short of a honeymoon. —Rocky Mountain News
Plenty of suspense writers play the tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold card, but Child is indelibly skillful, quickly sketching intriguing characters as he drops bombshell after bombshell. With its taciturn but engaging hero and almost unbearably prolonged tension, The Hard Way makes reading easy indeed. —The Miami Herald
In The Hard Way, Reacher is better than ever. —Contra Costa Times
[Fans] will find themselves hanging onto their armchairs for dear life. The Hard Way is a breathless, well-paced thriller. —Denver Post
Nine red-hot books ago, Lee Child concocted the rough, tough Superman of the crime-busting genre, as smart and charismatic as he is unbeatable. And then Mr. Child broke the mold. Early next week (why delay good news?), Reacher returns in this series' 10th installment, The Hard Way. It's one more labyrinthine story that takes off like a shot: as usual, Mr. Child has you at hello. —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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

Reviews

Reviews

by Jack Vincent 9/13/2017
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One of The Best Jack Reacher Novels Yet

This is as I said above one of the best Jack Reacher novels yet. It takes place in New York City but as you know if you have read any of the others in this exciting series that's just the starting point . Hard to believe Lee Child just keeps coming up with such compelling books . I for one would love to see more of these books made into movies . The one and only one with Tom Cruise was perfect , here's hoping we see some more .

Author

Author Bio: Lee Child

Author Bio: Lee Child

Lee Child is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher series and the complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in one hundred territories. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far, based on his novels. He is the recipient of many awards, including the CWA’s Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers’ ThrillerMaster, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.  He is a native of England and a former television director.

Details

Details

Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Fiction/Thrillers/Suspense
Runtime: 14.24
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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