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The Secret

By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed.

They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window - a fall which generates some unexpected attention.

That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy.

Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren't what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer and uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners.

Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way...or his way?

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, The Secret is the 28th book in the internationally bestselling series.

©2023 Lee Child and Andrew Child (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRON

'Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.' KEN FOLLETT

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Not disappointed

The long wait was worth the listen Jeff Harding is my favourite Narrator bring him n the next book and hope it’s set around the same time period

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Not quite there

Not quite as good as previous books. A little lacklustre.
Narration, as usual was excellent.

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Not bad

I sort of was wondering if this story would go through how the character of Jack Reacher was formed, still waiting

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Ok but nothing special.

This story jumps back to Reacher’s younger days still working as a Military Policeman. This plot was implausible even by Reacher standards with his beating up of bad guys only tenuously related to the storyline. Well read though and still with some entertainment value.

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Not usual Reacher

If this was the first time I had listened to Reacher I’d say a good
Solid story. It’s just not Jack Reacher.
Good chance it will be my last new Reacher which was co-authored.
Jeff Harding excellent as usual

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Early reacher

Good to see Reacher dealing with life in the army and still cutting through the institutions blocks.

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great plot

Easy to listen too. Good plot line and twist. I liked that is was quite short. the voice was not irritating

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Reacher

Yes it’s a formula
Lee and Andrew Child don’t disappoint
Jack Reacher never disappoints
Jeff Harding is Fantastic
Another cracking read.

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Reacher Reaches Back

A great story from a younger Reacher: just after the infamous desk dent. Rocking read!

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Couldn't wait for it to be over...

I was looking forward to this book because Reacher was back in the army. The way the story was written, there was point setting it in 1992 on the army. It could have been set in 2022 when he had long retired from the army. I was expecting the long awaited "Special Investigators" story and his battle back to major. Nope. zzzzzzzz

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