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The Secret

Jack Reacher, Book 28

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The Secret

By: Lee Child, Andrew 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**

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

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 audiobook in the internationally bestselling series.

The Secret was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in October and November 2023.

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

©2023 Lee Child and Andrew Child (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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Good to see Reacher dealing with life in the army and still cutting through the institutions blocks.

Early reacher

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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

Not disappointed

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

Not quite there

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

Not bad

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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.

Ok but nothing special.

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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

Not usual Reacher

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A trip back in time for some Reacher back story. Helping understand the character a little more

Classic Reacher elements in a less small town setting

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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

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

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

Reacher Reaches Back

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The story dragged on to begin with, then seemed rushed at the end to just get it finished.
Certainly not up to the same standard of Reacher books I’m used to. Narrator did his best to keep it interesting. Wouldn’t bother listening to it again.

Rushed and not well connected

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