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The Affair

A Jack Reacher Novel

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The Affair

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hired to go undercover while investigating a murder, Jack Reacher butts heads with the local police and calls on Sergeant Frances Neagley to help untangle a cover-up that some would kill to keep buried.

Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher and the upcoming spinoff series Neagley!

“A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly executed and deliciously plotted.”—The Washington Times


Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.

Reacher is ordered undercover to investigate the murder of a young woman. Evidence points to a U.S. soldier with powerful friends. Once in Carter Crossing, Reacher meets local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who has a thirst for justice and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust each other, they reluctantly join forces, and Reacher also reconnects with his former sergeant Frances Neagley for extra support. ​They work to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission—and turn him into a man to be feared.
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Critic Reviews

Praise for #1 bestselling author Lee Child and his Reacher series

“Child is a superb craftsman of suspense.”—Entertainment Weekly

“The truth about Reacher gets better and better.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“Implausible, irresistible Reacher remains just about the best butt-kicker in thriller-lit.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Like his hero Jack Reacher, Lee Child seems to make no wrong steps.”—Associated Press

“Lee Child [is] the current poster-boy of American crime fiction.”—Los Angeles Times

“Indisputably the best escape artist in this escapist genre.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times

“Jack Reacher is much more like the heir to the Op and Marlowe than Spenser ever was.”—Esquire
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