Reacher, who has long since gained <b>mythical status</b>, is human after all ... This is storytelling of the highest order: <b>lean, laconic</b>, laced with tension
Evening Standard
The <b>invincible</b> Reacher is as <b>irresistible</b> as ever
Sunday Telegraph
Child is a <b>consummate </b>thriller writer: his prose is trim but descriptive, his plots believable, fresh and positively <b>airtight</b>, and shows himself a <b>master</b> of misdirection
Time Out
Lee Child is often mistaken for a US writer, so<b> skilfully</b> and enthusiastically has he embraced the idiom of the American thriller ... One of the genre's <b>finest </b>practitioners
Independent
Another <b>cracking</b> teeth-<b>chatterer</b>
Daily Mail
Possibly the British author's <b>best yet</b>
Daily Mirror
After nine well-received Jack Reacher novels in as many years, Lee Child has established his best-selling series on a firm foundation. Readers can pick up any of the books and have a good idea of what to expect. They know Reacher will perform daring<b> acts of bravery</b> and feats of <b>deductive brilliance</b>.They can expect to find a little humor, a little sex, and the<b> best action scenes</b> in the business. <i>The Hard Way</i> is a <b>straight-ahead, high-octane</b> thriller that drops the reader down in the middle of the story and keeps you turning the pages until the plot speeds to its <b>thrilling </b>conclusion.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Nine <b>red-hot </b>books ago, Lee Child concocted the <b>rough, tough Superman </b>of the crime-busting genre, as smart and charismatic as he is <b>unbeatable</b>. And then Mr. Child broke the mold...Reacher returns in this series' 10th installment, <i>The Hard Way</i>. Reading Mr. Child is not only a<b> mentally transporting</b> experience but also, at times, a <b>physical</b> one. Don't be surprised to find your hand replicating the finger movements that tip off Reacher to a keypad matrix's four-digit combination.
New York Times
Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it.
He watches a man cross a New York street and drive away in a Mercedes. The car contains $1 million of ransom money. Reacher's job is to make sure it all turns out right - money paid, family safely returned.
But Reacher is in the middle of a nasty little war where nothing is simple.
What started on a busy New York street explodes three thousand miles away, in the sleepy English countryside.
Reacher's going to have to do this one the hard way.
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, The Hard Way is the 10th in the series.
And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! ***OUT NOW***