Nebraska – and Jack Reacher, huge, hulking and with a freshly busted nose, is still trying to hitch a ride east to Virginia. He's picked up by three strangers – two men and a woman.Immediately he knows they're all lying about something – and then they run into a police roadblock on the highway. But they get through. Because the three are innocent? Or because the three are now four?Is Reacher a decoy?

For the first time ever, legendary editor Otto Penzler has handpicked some of the most respected and bestselling thriller writers working today for a riveting collection of spy fiction. From first to last, this stellar collection signals mission accomplished.Including:* Lee Child with an incredible look at the formation of a special ops cell.* James Grady writing about an Arab undercover FBI agent with an active cell.* Joseph Finder riffing on a Boston architect who's convinced his Persian neighbors are up to no good.* John Lawton concocting a Len Deighton-esque story about British intelligence.* Stephen Hunter thrilling us with a tale about a WWII brigade.Full list of Contributors:James Grady, Charles McCarry, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, John Lawton, John Weisman, Stephen Hunter, Gayle Lynds, David Morrell, Andrew Klavan, Robert Wilson, Dan Fesperman, Stella Rimington, Olen Steinhauer

You do not mess with the Special Investigators! The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher’s drifter life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush, he now needs to carry photo ID to get around. Yet he is still as close to untraceable as a human being in America can get. So when a member of his old Army unit manages to get a message to him, he knows it has to be deadly serious. The Special Investigators always watched each other’s backs. Now Reacher must put the old unit back together. Someone has killed one of them, and he can’t let that go.

Jack Reacher samotnie wędruje po kraju. Nie ma pracy, dokumentów, stałego adresu. Ale nigdy nie odwraca się od kogoś, kto prosi o pomoc. Teraz zaś pewna kobieta zwraca się do niego, bo potrzebuje wsparcia w nowej pracy.Czym się zajmuje? Ochroną wiceprezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych. Przed ludźmi, którzy grożą mu śmiercią.I tak Reacher, zbrojny jedynie w szczoteczkę do zębów i ubranie, które ma na sobie, wkracza do niezwykle ekskluzywnego klubu w sercu waszyngtońskich kręgów władzy: siedziby amerykańskiej Secret Service. W grze o życie z upartymi biurokratami i tajemniczym bezwzględnym zabójcą musi wykorzystać swoją wrodzoną inteligencję, łajdacki urok i instynktowną skłonność do starannie kontrolowanej przemocy.Bez Pudła to kolejny thriller Lee Childa, błyskotliwa, romantyczna i trzymająca w napięciu opowieść o Jacku Reacherze, bohaterze twardym, fascynującym, brutalnym i obdarzonym iście zwierzęcym magnetyzmem.

Early in his military career, Jack Reacher is ordered undercover in Washington, to discover which one of four women, all staff officers on fast track careers, is leaking secrets.The suggested method: get close to each in turn.The obvious problem: the most receptive will be the guilty one, with an agenda of her own… to kill the investigation – and the investigator.

Lee Child burst on to the scene with the Sunday Times bestseller Killing Floor. Die Trying is his second thriller featuring the redoubtable yet romantic Jack Reacher. With the same brutal page-turning nonstop action and gritty suspense, it shows he is one of the most exciting British talents writing today.Lee Child was born in the industrial Midlands. He studied law, and worked for twenty years in commercial television. He lives in Cumbria with his wife and daughter. He is author of one previous thriller, Killing Floor.

Año nuevo, 1990. El muro de Berlín acaba de caer, y con él, termina la guerra fría. El mundo se enfrenta a una nueva era político-militar. Ese mismo día, Jack Reacher, un oficial de la polícia militar destinado en Carolina del Norte, recibe una llamada que le comunica la muerte de uno de los soldados de la base en un motel de la zona. Aparentemente, se trata de una muerte natural: sin embargo, cuando se descubre que la víctima era un general influyente, Reacher, ayudado por una joven afroamericana, que también es soldado, iniciará una investigación.

Clandestino: sin duda la situación más solitaria y vulnerable para trabajar. Sin embargo, Jack Reacher está dispuesto a actuar en esas condiciones cuando un equipo extraoficial de la DEA le propone una misión de alto riesgo. Reputado por su destreza e inteligencia y la experiencia adquirida durante sus años como polícia militar, Reacher trabaja ahora por libre aceptando casos que la mayoría rechazan.

Jeden z członków specjalnej grupy dochodzeniowej armii amerykańskiej zostaje odnaleziony na pustyni w Kalifornii – martwy. Ktoś wyrzucił go z helikoptera. Gdzie są pozostali członkowie? Zniknęli w zagadkowych okolicznościach. Jack Reacher otrzymuje zaszyfrowaną wiadomość, którą potrafi odczytać tylko garstka osób, i rusza na pomoc. Łącząc siły z dawnymi kolegami z żandarmerii, będzie musiał przeniknąć do spisku związanego z międzynarodowym terroryzmem, aby ocalić żywych, pogrzebać umarłych i rozwikłać tajemnicę, którą z każdym dniem spowija coraz gęstszy zmrok. Ludzie, którzy wzięli go na cel, nie zdają sobie jeszcze sprawy, że Reacherowi nie należy wchodzić w drogę. Ani teraz, ani kiedykolwiek…

Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series today. Worlds collide!In an unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers have paired their series characters — such as Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, and Lincoln Rhyme — in an eleven-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers (ITW). All of the contributors to FaceOff are ITW members and the stories feature these dynamic duos:• Patrick Kenzie vs. Harry Bosch in “Red Eye,” by Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly• John Rebus vs. Roy Grace in “In the Nick of Time,” by Ian Rankin and Peter James• Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast in “Gaslighted,” by R.L. Stine, Douglas Preston, and Lincoln Child• Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren in “The Laughing Buddha,” by M.J. Rose and Lisa Gardner• Paul Madriani vs. Alexandra Cooper in “Surfing the Panther,” by Steve Martini and Linda Fairstein• Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport in “Rhymes With Prey,” by Jeffery Deaver and John Sandford• Michael Quinn vs. Repairman Jack in “Infernal Night,” by Heather Graham and F. Paul Wilson• Sean Reilly vs. Glen Garber in “Pit Stop,” by Raymond Khoury and Linwood Barclay• Wyatt Hunt vs. Joe Trona in “Silent Hunt,” by John Lescroart and T. Jefferson Parker• Cotton Malone vs. Gray Pierce in “The Devil’s Bones,” by Steve Berry and James Rollins• Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller in “Good and Valuable Consideration,” by Lee Child and Joseph FinderSo sit back and prepare for a rollicking ride as your favorite characters go head-to-head with some worthy opponents in *FaceOff*—it’s a thrill-a-minute read.

High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller AuthorsCon men and killers, aliens and zombies, priests and soldiers – just some of the characters that kill and thrill in this compelling collection of gun-toting, double-crossing, back-stabbing, pulse-pounding stories. Jeffrey Deaver investigates the suspicious death of a crime-writer in 'The Plot'; Karin Slaughter's grieving widow takes revenge on her dying ex-husband in 'Cold, Cold Heart'; Stephen Coonts discovers a flying saucer in the depths of the ocean in 'Savage Planet' and John Lescroat's secret field agent finds himself caught up in a complex game of cat-and-mouse in 'The Gate Conundrum'. Handpicked by world number one Lee Child, celebrity authors and stars of the future are brought together, writing brand-new stories, especially commissioned for this must-have collection. Whether you're reading today's bestseller or tomorrow's phenomenon, grisly horror or paranoia thriller, historical suspense or supernatural crime, one thing's for certain. You'll be thrilled to the core.

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today’s hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection is now split into four e-book volumes, packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem!First Thrills: Volume 2 contains stories six original stories by:Stephen CoontsHeather GrahamWendy Corsi StaubKelli StanleyGrant McKenzieKen Bruen

New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn’t.In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice-and trigger an electrifying chain of events in this gritty, gripping masterwork of suspense by #1 New York Times bestseller Lee Child.Susan Mark was the fifth passenger. She had a lonely heart, an estranged son, and a big secret. Reacher, working with a woman cop and a host of shadowy feds, wants to know just how big a hole Susan Mark was in, how many lives had already been twisted before hers, and what danger is looming around him now.Because a race has begun through the streets of Manhattan in a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. Susan Mark’s plain little life was critical to dozens of others in Washington, California, Afghanistan… from a former Delta Force operator now running for the U.S. Senate, to a beautiful young woman with a fantastic story to tell-and to a host of others who have just one thing in common: They’re all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or maybe just enough to get him killed.In a novel that slams through one hairpin surprise after another, Lee Child unleashes a thriller that spans three decades and gnaws at the heart of America… and for Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, it’s a mystery with only one answer-the kind that comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye.

Published in The New York Times (June 6, 2009).Child's contribution to the Times' Summer Thrills fiction series starts with a girl who catches Jack Reacher's eye at a Greenwich Village bar in the wee hours. She's no older than nineteen, Russian, and Reacher's instincts tell him she's about to be kidnapped. Longtime fans balance a trust in Reacher's take on most situations with the knowledge that, sooner or later, Child will upend expectations. When he does it is the surprise.

In "James Penney's New Identity", in the dry desert of Southern California, James Penney is laid off from the plant after 17 loyal years of service. With the threat of the bank repossessing his treasured red Firebird, he goes on the run. But why are the cops so hot on his trail? And who is the tall military policeman, built like a weightlifter, who offers him a ride?

Jack Reacher jest bohaterem jedenastu bestsellerowy thrillerów. Niebezpieczny i inteligentny twardziel, obdarzony poczuciem humoru. Sześć strzałów z karabinu, pięciu zabitych, sterroryzowane miasto, wzorowe śledztwo, zabójca ujęty w ekspresowym tempie. Dowody obciążające Jamesa Barra, byłego żołnierza piechoty i strzelca wyborowego, są niepodważalne. Dlaczego morderca nie chce rozmawiać z adwokatem, a jedynie z tajemniczym Jackiem Reacherem, którego zeznania mogłyby go jeszcze bardziej pogrążyć? Dlaczego strzelając chybił – raz? Kim jest Reacher-człowiek bez samochodu, konta bankowego i stałego miejsca pobytu? Rosemary, siostra oskarżonego, za wszelką cenę chce pomóc bratu. Kiedy James zostaje pobity w więzieniu i zapada w śpiączkę, wynajmuje młodą, zaangażowaną panią prawnik. Niespodziewanie pojawia się Reacher – i trup zaczyna ścielić się gęsto…

Early one morning Jack jumps off a bus in the middle of nowhere and walks 14 miles down an empty country road. The minute he reaches the town of Margrave he is thrown into jail. As the only stranger in town, a local murder is blamed on him. However, it soon becomes clear that he is not the killer.

'It's fascinating to see some of my favourite crime novelists coming together to create a taut, tense thriller; each chapter stands alone as a powerful story, yet they also combine seamlessly into a great read. Genuinely gripping.' – Harlan Coben***With each crime writer picking up the story in their usual locale, each of the authors tell a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through each story is a charm bracelet which brings bad luck wherever it's found. Set in locations ranging from nineteenth-century Georgia to wartime Leeds, the book features stories from contributors such as Peter Robinson (writing about 1940s Leeds), Fidelis Morgan, Lynda La Plante (1970s Britain), Val McDermid (1980s Scotland) and Mark Billingham tackling contemporary London.

An anthology of stories edited by Mary Higgins ClarkFrom Wall Street to Harlem, the borough of Manhattan is the setting for all-new stories of mystery, murder, and suspense, presented by best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark and featuring Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, S. J. Rozan, and other top Mystery Writers of America authors.In Lee Child's "The Picture of the Lonely Diner," legendary drifter Jack Reacher interrupts a curious stand-off in the shadow of the Flatiron Building. In Jeffery Deaver's "The Baker of Bleecker Street," an Italian immigrant becomes ensnared in WWII espionage. And in "The Five-Dollar Dress," Mary Higgins Clark unearths the contents of a mysterious hope chest found in an apartment on Union Square. With additional stories from T. Jefferson Parker, S. J. Rozan, Nancy Pickard, Ben H. Winters, Brendan DuBois, Persia Walker, Jon L. Breen, N. J. Ayres, Angela Zeman, Thomas H. Cook, Judith Kelman, Margaret Maron, Justin Scott, and Julie Hyzy,Manhattan Mayhem is teeming with red herrings, likely suspects, and thoroughly satisfying mysteries.