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  • Jack Reacher, Book 2
  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,036 ratings)

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Die Trying

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Die Trying is the second book in Lee Child’s internationally popular Jack Reacher series, read by Jeff Harding.

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?

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Die Trying is the second in the series.

©1998 Lee Child (P)2017 Penguin Audio

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"Cunning, explosive.... A thumping good [listen]." (Time Out)

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Always gripping

Where does Die Trying rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I love Lee Child stories. Jeff Harding reads to perfection! I have never been disappointed by any of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books.

Have you listened to any of Jeff Harding’s other performances? How does this one compare?

He IS Jack Reacher. His laconic reading style is perfect for these books.

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Good story, terrible narration.

This may be a personal thing but for me it really ruins the story when a male does a female voice. It’s terrible and instantly pulls me out of the moment with gritted teeth. Also in this case the
Voices of certain characters did not fit at all with the descriptions of said characters. The narrator has a good enough voice for story telling but, and this goes for pretty much all audio book narration as far as I’m concerned, stick to slightly changing your voice for each character instead of doing ridiculous voices. In my opinion Jefferson Mays that reads the Expanses series is the bench mark in this regard.

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Thing are not always what they seem!

Good narative, a little lost in detaial at times but kept me going to the end.

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Can't get enough

I read the first book in paperback and loved the thinking action hero. The logic the character uses shows the depth of research Lee Child has undertaken for Jack Reacher. The only problem I have is the realisation of just how much I'm going to spend on audio books, because I intend to hear the entire series.

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Couldn’t stop listening

So many angles and twists,intriguing story, very well read and such a suitable voice. Loved it.

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Great Story

Great story plot. Very interesting and funnily enough quite relevant to the times! Would recommend if you like a good book with a bit of mystery

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Edge of my seat

Loved the pace of this book. Kept me hanging at each twist and turn. Can't wait to read the next one!

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narration & story

great story very descriptive almost to the point of over the top but not, speaker does a great job with bringing the attitudes and emotions out even with the women's voices clearly being a weak point. over all loved it and will continue to the next book

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Narration is somethin else...

Story was boring and the narration was terrible. This is where I stop in the series.

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A lot of filler events

A lot of filler events in this book, it’s not as flows as the first one. It seems as though there was a word found the author had to reach and tried his best to fill in the story more, which in turn made the book hard to navigate and it drags on a bit. Other than that I like the storyline idea it was interesting and funny at times

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