Lee Child
Child’s first novel Killing Floor was published in 1997. Killing Floor is the first book in the Jack Reacher series. The series feature Jack Reacher, a former military policeman, as he travels around the United States investigating suspicious and treacherous situations. We meet Reacher as he arrives in Margrave, Georgia. His timing couldn’t be worse – the small town has had its first homicide in three decades, and Jack Reacher is the only stranger in town. It’s not long before small-town suspicions flair – the police arrest Reacher forcing him to move fast to prove his innocence, before it’s too late. Find out what happens next by listening to the Killing Floor audiobook.
In addition to his full length Jack Reacher books, Child has also written more than three dozen short stories, including Small Wars, High Heat, Deep Down, Second Son, and Not a Drill.
Before turning his hand to writing, Child spent eighteen years working at Granada Television in Manchester. Child began writing books after he lost his job in 1995 due to corporate restructuring.
Lee Child is the pen name of James (Jim) Grant who was born in Coventry, England on 29 October 1954. He has homes in Manhattan, England, and the south of France – he is married and has an adult daughter.
Audiobook Reviews — Killing Floor: Jack Reacher (Book 1) by Lee Child
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Killing Floor
- Jack Reacher, Book 1
- By: Lee Child, Philip Pullman - foreword
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,478
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Performance1,308
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Story1,301
Killing Floor is the first book in the phenomenal best-selling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. It introduces Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Trained to think fast and act faster, he is the perfect action hero for when times get tough.
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HE SAID, SHE SAID killed it.
- By Morgan on 17-10-2018
“Killing Floor is up there with the best audiobooks that I've ever listened to. The only books I'd compare this to are the other novels in the Reacher series, I've never known another book that has brought me such a captivating character.
Dick Hill is the voice of Reacher ... This is a great introduction to one of literature's most compelling characters. I've listened to this book a couple of times now, and enjoyed as much the second time round. It's a fantastic thriller with plenty of twists.” Adam, Audible listener.
Lee Child's Jack Reacher Books as Audiobooks
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Die Trying
- Jack Reacher, Book 2
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,149
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Performance1,029
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Story1,024
Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds?
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Always gripping
- By Aunty K on 06-03-2018
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Tripwire
- Jack Reacher, Book 3
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,028
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Performance930
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Story926
For Jack Reacher being invisible has become a habit. He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in the local strip club in the Florida Keys. He doesn't want to be found. But someone has sent a private detective to seek him out. Then Reacher finds the guy beaten to death with his fingertips sliced off. It's time to head north and work out who is trying to find him and why.
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Narration was painfully monotonous
- By Margaret on 23-10-2018
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The Visitor
- Jack Reacher, Book 4
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall828
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Performance750
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Story745
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Visitor by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding. Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common. Both were army highflyers. Both were acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both were forced to resign from the service. Now they're both dead. Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle, a ruthless vigilante. A man just like Jack Reacher.
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Kept me guessing.
- By Paul Morris on 19-10-2018
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Echo Burning
- Jack Reacher 5
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall869
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Performance799
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Story796
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and...
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Not a very good Reacher
- By Raypercy on 22-03-2019
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Die Trying
- Jack Reacher, Book 2
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,149
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Performance1,029
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Story1,024
Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds?
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Always gripping
- By Aunty K on 06-03-2018
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Tripwire
- Jack Reacher, Book 3
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,028
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Performance930
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Story926
For Jack Reacher being invisible has become a habit. He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in the local strip club in the Florida Keys. He doesn't want to be found. But someone has sent a private detective to seek him out. Then Reacher finds the guy beaten to death with his fingertips sliced off. It's time to head north and work out who is trying to find him and why.
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Narration was painfully monotonous
- By Margaret on 23-10-2018
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The Visitor
- Jack Reacher, Book 4
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall828
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Performance750
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Story745
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Visitor by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding. Sergeant Amy Callan and Lieutenant Caroline Cooke have a lot in common. Both were army highflyers. Both were acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both were forced to resign from the service. Now they're both dead. Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle, a ruthless vigilante. A man just like Jack Reacher.
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Kept me guessing.
- By Paul Morris on 19-10-2018
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Echo Burning
- Jack Reacher 5
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall869
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Performance799
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Story796
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and...
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Not a very good Reacher
- By Raypercy on 22-03-2019
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Without Fail
- Jack Reacher, Book 6
- By: Lee Child, Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall829
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Performance735
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Story738
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart...
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A solid Jack Reacher title
- By Ritual on 09-05-2022
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Persuader
- Jack Reacher, Book 7
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall707
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Performance631
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Story629
Never forgive, never forget. That's Jack Reacher's operating principle. And Quinn was one of the worst guys he ever had the misfortune to meet. He had done unforgivable things. So Reacher was glad to know Quinn was dead. Until the day he saw someone who looked an awful lot like him, alive and well, riding in a limousine outside Boston's Symphony Hall.
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Jack Amateur Reacher
- By sap on 09-11-2018
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The Enemy
- Jack Reacher 8
- By: Lee Child, Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall751
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Performance672
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Story667
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** North Carolina. 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...
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Flash Back Time
- By K on 27-04-2019
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One Shot
- Jack Reacher, Book 9
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall647
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Performance584
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Story584
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Six shots. Five dead. A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses...
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Get rid of the ridiculous interlude music
- By Michael Mangan on 28-11-2018
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The Hard Way
- Jack Reacher, Book 10
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall768
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Performance696
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Story693
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it. He watches a man cross a New York street and drive away in a Mercedes. The car contains $1 million of ransom money. Reacher's...
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Brilliant
- By lorrena on 03-04-2018
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Bad Luck and Trouble
- Jack Reacher, Book 11
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall751
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Performance675
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Story674
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** You do not mess with Jack Reacher. He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his anonymity and solitude. So when a member of his old Army...
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Enjoying this series.
- By A. Lo on 03-09-2019
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Nothing to Lose
- Jack Reacher, Book 12
- By: Lee Child, Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall566
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Performance501
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Story496
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** From Hope to Despair. Between two small towns in Colorado, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. All Jack Reacher wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four...
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great read
- By Gareth Hughes on 29-08-2019
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Gone Tomorrow
- Jack Reacher, Book 13
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall629
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Performance567
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Story567
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Suicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. There are twelve things to look for. No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever...
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Awesome.
- By Shaun on 28-04-2021
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61 Hours
- Jack Reacher, Book 14
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall620
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Performance543
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Story545
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** GET READY FOR THE MOST EXCITING COUNT-DOWN OF YOUR LIFE HOUR SIXTY-ONE Icy winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm. On the back seat: Jack...
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Ok. a bit boring
- By Rikki Dixon on 14-09-2021
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Worth Dying For
- Jack Reacher, Book 15
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall644
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Performance580
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Story578
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** There's trouble in the deadly wilds of Nebraska . . . and Reacher walks right into it. He falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that has terrified an entire country...
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Great story
- By Jane on 19-12-2017
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The Affair
- Jack Reacher, Book 16
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall643
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Performance577
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Story572
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher...
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Love Jack Reacher, the book, not Tom Cruise!
- By Liz Pralica on 24-12-2021
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A Wanted Man
- Jack Reacher 17
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall536
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Performance482
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Story483
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose - it isn't easy to hitch a ride in Nebraska. At last, he's picked up by...
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Not one of his best
- By Hugh on 03-05-2015
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Make Me
- Jack Reacher 20
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall622
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Performance554
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Story553
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. A remote railroad stop on the prairie with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect...
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Very Dark and not the usual Jack Reacher
- By dean on 21-09-2015
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Never Go Back
- Jack Reacher 18
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall490
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Performance439
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Story438
Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a...
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One of the best Reachers
- By Rachael on 12-01-2016
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Not a Drill (A Jack Reacher short story)
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Kerry Shale
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance33
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Story34
Brought to you by Penguin. A Jack Reacher short story, published as an audiobook: now also available in the new Reacher short story collection, No Middle Name. The tiny town of Naismith has nothing going for it - except the start of a wilderness trail through Maine's ancient forests. But one day...
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Don't Waste Your Credit
- By Amazon Customer on 14-08-2014
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Night School
- Jack Reacher 21
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall815
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Performance735
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Story735
Brought to you by Penguin. It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars'. For what? Who from? It's 1996, and the Soviets are long gone. But now there's a new enemy. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something...
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A good story let down by average narration.
- By Greg McMahon on 01-12-2016
Audiobook Reviews — Second Son by Lee Child
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Second Son: (Jack Reacher Short Story)
- By: Lee Child
- Narrated by: Kerry Shale
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance54
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Story52
Brought to you by Penguin. A Jack Reacher short story published as an individual audiobook, now also available in the complete Jack Reacher short story collection, No Middle Name. Ever wondered what early experiences shaped Reacher's explosive career as butt-kicker supreme, the one-man...
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90minw 3 chapters
- By Shannon on 22-08-2021
“Born to be Reacher. I really enjoyed this short story of Jack Reacher at 13. It sets out how he came to be who he is today. Even at 13, he's smart, tough, logical and never misses a trick. Saves the day for his dad and brother.
Kerry Shale's narration is great very masculine, just like you imagine Reacher to be.” Chris, Audible listener.
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Killer Year
- Stories to Die For...
- By: Lee Child - editor
- Narrated by: David deVries, Christina Traister
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime.
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Thriller
- Stories to Keep You Up All Night
- By: James Patterson - editor
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Story10
Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are 32 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous, to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify.
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Not What I Expected
- By Percival E. Perry on 06-12-2022
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The Chopin Manuscript
- A Serial Thriller
- By: Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, and others
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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Story19
15 thriller masters. 1 masterful thriller! Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frederic Chopin. But he is unaware that, within it's handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans. As he races from Poland to the U.S. to uncover the mystery of the manuscript, Middleton will be accused of murder, pursued by federal agents, and targeted by assassins.
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Intriguing concept, intriguing story
- By Jen on 12-07-2023
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The Copper Bracelet
- By: David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, and others
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance9
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Story9
Two years after the events of the Audiobook of the Year - The Chopin Manuscript - former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton and his Volunteers once again must crack a secretive conspiracy that not only threatens their lives, but the stability of the world. Their race against time will take them from London to the U.S. to Russia and beyond. And at the heart of it all is one question: What is the secret of the Copper Bracelet?
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Killer Year
- Stories to Die For...
- By: Lee Child - editor
- Narrated by: David deVries, Christina Traister
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime.
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Thriller
- Stories to Keep You Up All Night
- By: James Patterson - editor
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Story10
Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are 32 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous, to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify.
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Not What I Expected
- By Percival E. Perry on 06-12-2022
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The Chopin Manuscript
- A Serial Thriller
- By: Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, and others
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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Story19
15 thriller masters. 1 masterful thriller! Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frederic Chopin. But he is unaware that, within it's handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans. As he races from Poland to the U.S. to uncover the mystery of the manuscript, Middleton will be accused of murder, pursued by federal agents, and targeted by assassins.
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Intriguing concept, intriguing story
- By Jen on 12-07-2023
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The Copper Bracelet
- By: David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, and others
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance9
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Story9
Two years after the events of the Audiobook of the Year - The Chopin Manuscript - former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton and his Volunteers once again must crack a secretive conspiracy that not only threatens their lives, but the stability of the world. Their race against time will take them from London to the U.S. to Russia and beyond. And at the heart of it all is one question: What is the secret of the Copper Bracelet?