WORTH DYING FOR by Lee Child - SIGNED FIRST EDITION UK BOOK
See all titles by Lee Child.#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child follows the electrifying 61 Hours
with his latest Reacher thriller - a story that hits the ground running
and then accelerates all the way to a colossal showdown.
There's deadly trouble in the corn country of Nebraska ... and Jack
Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of a local clan that
has terrified an entire county into submission. But it's the unsolved
case of a missing child, already decades-old, that Reacher can't let go.
The Duncans want Reacher gone - and it's not just past secrets they're
trying to hide. They're awaiting a secret shipment that's already late -
and they have the kind of customers no one can afford to annoy. For as
dangerous as the Duncans are, they're right at the bottom of a criminal
food chain stretching halfway around the world.
For Reacher, it would have made much more sense to keeping on going, to
put some distance between himself and the hardcore trouble that's
bearing down on him.
For Reacher, that was also impossible.
WORTH DYING FOR is the kind of explosive thriller
only Lee Child could write and only Jack Reacher could survive - a
heart-racing page-turner no suspense fan will want to miss.
Testosterone Overload
Okay, I must admit I took a break from my regular reading to indulge myself with two recent arrivals, Vince Flynn’s American Assassin, and Lee Child’s Worth Dying For.
Yes, there are some similarities between Mitch Rapp, Flynn’s CIA trained assassin, and Jack Reacher, Child’s ex-military cop do-gooder. They are both bigger than life heroes who overcome the odds and come out on top when it just doesn’t seem possible, or even believable, but then who cares. “ It’s about the adrenalin dummy!”
In American Assassin, Flynn rounds out the Mitch Rapp character by telling us how he came to be the CIA’s top operative. We learn about the early days of his relationships with Stan Hurley, Irene Kennedy, Thomas Stanfield, and the other CIA functionaries who fill the pages of earlier Rapp novels. American Assassin is a vintage Vince Flynn novel, the prequel to his Rapp-Kennedy series that Flynn says he has wanted to write for years. The issue of terrorism and the methods needed to keep America safe sit front stage in each Flynn novel, and American Assassin is no exception. If you are looking for political correctness, or negotiation instead of action, do not read this book.
“But I am a rookie, so how much harm can I really do.” It was a statement, not a question. If you are a Mitch Rapp fan you already know the answer, but don’t miss the story behind it!
In Worth Dying For, Lee Child emerges fresh from 61 Hours (that still sits on top of the NY Times list). Jack Reacher once again finds himself on the road, heading to Virginia, through Nebraska, cornhusker territory.
First he finds himself on the bad side of a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. What first looks like a single domestic violence case expands into a dangerous crime food chain that stretches halfway around the world. The unsolved case of a missing child, already decades-old, holds Reacher in yet another remote community, when his best option is to “just move on.”
The clan, the Duncans, use Nebraska football rejects for enforcement in their little fiefdom. Their size and methods are not lost on Reacher, and he teaches them the difference between fighting and winning.
“He raised his hand like a traffic cop. Then he placed his hand on Reacher’s chest . . . . Reacher said, ‘What’s your name fat boy?’ The guy said, “My name?” ‘It’s not a difficult question.’ ‘Brett.’ Reacher said, ‘So here’s the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I’ll take it off your wrist.”
Worth Dying For is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write and only Jack Reacher could survive--a heart-racing page-turner you won’t want to miss.
Now it’s back to the stacks to read those books for next season . . . but wait, there’s a new Stephen Hunter book here. What? Bob Lee Swagger you say. Oh well, the more literary things will have to wait another day, ‘cuz I’ve got a world-class sniper with a story to tell. HOOAH!
John
