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Better Off Dead

Jack Reacher, Book 26

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By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.

**NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON**

Reacher never backs down from a problem.

And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems.

Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother. He might have got mixed up with some dangerous people.

And Reacher might just need to pay them a visit.

Their leader has burrowed his influence deep into the town. Just to get in and meet the mysterious Dendoncker, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible.

To get answers will be even harder. There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die than reveal their secrets.

But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Better Off Dead is the 26th ausiobook in the internationally popular series.

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

© Lee Child, Andrew Child 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Classic Reacher, great story. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
Thoroughly entertaining . . . it's good to have some of Reacher's brutal certainties back.
The one man revenge machine seems revitalised. Great stuff.
The coolest continuing series character.
Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.
Everyone needs to kick some butt sometimes, even if it's just imaginary.
The Child brothers' superb second collaboration . . . Smart writing, vivid action scenes, and dramatic twists mark this seamless effort. Even those for whom this is their first Reacher novel will be clamouring for more.
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I liked the storyline albeit a little far fetched, not sure about the favor owed by the agent in the story :( would have loved Jack to have more of a love interest is these last 2 📚s , I would recommend. And as usual Jack wouldn’t be Jack without the voice of Jeff Harding.

Great Reacher story again 😃

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If you’re a Reacher fan you’ll like it. It’s not his best but all the Reacher “things” are there. People saying it isn’t believable are kind of missing the point in my opinion. I doubt any of this series could stand up to any serious scrutiny but if escapism is what you’re after you will not regret it.

Don’t be put off by negative reviews

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The Jack Reacher series remains a good read/listen. However like another reviewer has said, the storylines have become a little predictable. I too liked how the stories used to jump back to his military days or included some of the characters from his military past. I think that needs to come back

Reacher continues

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The basic character has changed. First person writing is a little weird after so long.

Reacher has become gratuitously violent. Shame.

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Too much gratuitous violence. The style has got lost somewhere. I have read all the series but probably won't bother any more.

Not like the originals

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