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Echo Burning

Jack Reacher 5

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Echo Burning

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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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 beautiful.

But her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her.

Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and the lawyers won't help. She is entangled in a web of lies and prejudice, hatred and murder.

Jack Reacher never could resist a lady in distress.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Echo Burning is 5th in the series.


"Complete with crackling fast dialogue, an edgy ambivalent plot, and the capacity to make his readers turn the page, this feels like Child's breakthrough book into the mega-sellers. He is that good." (Daily Mail)

‘Jeff Harding’s [...] narration captures Reacher’s character perfectly [...] you have to savour every minute.’ The Sunday Times

©2011 Lee Child (P)2013 Isis Publishing Ltd, Random House Audiobooks

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Critic Reviews

In the space of less than five years, Child has established himself as one of Britain's most successful commercial novelists...Complete with crackling fast dialogue, an edgy ambivalent plot, and the capacity to make his readers turn the page, this feels like Child's breakthrough book into the mega-sellers. He is that good
Reacher is a hero in the old Wild West stle: a fearless and capable loner, who lives by his own set of morals and is proud never to have killed a man who didn't deserve it...The author is in complete control of his complicated plot and has produced another real pageturner
The British émigré Lee Child has become more American than the natives...A well-woven tale of dirt and duplicity with engaging characters...Child's character is a classic hero
If you like thrillers of the bang-wallop variety, with a nice bit of plotting thrown in, this is the one for you
Big, bruising actioner...Child's great strength lies in spelling out exactly how explosive things are made to happen...Cathartic stuff, expertly delivered
Gritty stuff with a high body count and intricate plotting that keeps the pages turning
A taut thriller by a British writer who handles the American suspense novel well'
Plenty of twists and plenty of excitement...another real page-turner
All stars
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Hate the music that plays randomly.
A few I don't understand how they don't just shoot him.

Alot of holes in plot, but still good

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Like any of lee childs books I get addicted to it, this story line hasnt been the best but still interesting nonetheless

Another addicting Lee Child book

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great novel, classic sleuthing and excitement of a Jack Reacher novel, however, Jeff hoardings delivery in the audiobook was different and a little hard to enjoy compared to the earlier books. there was also random sections of music underlying the story which had no purpose and was quite distracting.

Overall, great book and I can wait to binge the next

story was a classic Reacher, recording was a bit off

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This is actually one of my favourites. I've read it a bunch of times and love it. Jeff Harding great as usual.

Loved it

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Great story line with an interesting setting which in Lee Childs usual style is described in great detail. strong female characters. worth the listen.

Best narrator for a Reacher novel so far.

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What the hell was with the weird music bits? Otherwise pretty damn good. Curious to see how he keeps it going.

Another solid reacher novel

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Excellent story full of twists and turns, Jack Reacher at his best, can’t wait for the next one.

Excellent story full of twists and turns, jack Reacher at his best can’t wait for the next one .

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I love Jeff Harding’s narration his voice fits the description of Jack Reacher perfectly. Well done

Enthralling to the end

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One of the twistiest plots. Never sure just exactly what is going on until the end! I've had to listen to it twice, as I missed some of the turns the first time through!

Great plot, great narration

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Just the whole story fantastic very entertaining hard to leave and little Ellie intriguing strong girl . I also liked Carmen and her life story

Jack ReacherI thoroughly enjoyed this episode all the way through

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