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The Enemy

(Jack Reacher 8)

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The Enemy

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Kerry Shale
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New Year's Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. Soon America won't have any enemies left to fight. The army is under pressure to downsize. Jack Reacher is the duty Military Police officer on a base in North Carolina when he takes a call reporting a dead soldier. The body was found in a sleazy motel used by local hookers. Reacher tells the local cop to handle it - it sounds like the guy just had a heart attack.

But the dead man turns out to have been a two-star general on a secret mission. And then, many miles away, when Reacher goes to the general's house to break the sad news, he finds a battered corpse: the general's wife.

Lee Child's new stomach-churning, palm-sweating thriller turns back the clock to Jack Reacher's army days. For the first time we meet a younger Reacher, a Reacher not yet disillusioned with military life. A Reacher with family. A Reacher in dogtags and starched uniform who imposes army discipline, if only in his own pragmatic way. A Reacher as far from the no-credit card, no-last-known-address drifter of the previous eight novels as is possible to imagine.

©2004 Lee Child (P)2013 Isis Publishing Ltd, Random House Audiobooks

©2004 Lee Child; (P)2005 Random House Audiobooks Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Crime Heartfelt Military

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Like other reviewers, I had never heard of Lee Child, and bought "The Enemy" on special offer. I was impressed, I know Child lives in the U.S. but being a Brit myself I don't find the local optput of genres I like so appealing as the American scene always has.
I looked up the Website and have a list in chronological order of the Jack Reacher novels - starting with 1997 "Killing Floor" and then 1998 "Die Trying", 1999 "Tripwire", 2000 "The Visitor", none of which seem available on Audible - I will read these on hardcopy from the local library before going back to audible.
Many thanks nevertheless to Audible for giving me yet more to plan to read/hear.

A Happy new discovery

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This was well thought through as are all Jack Reacher books I've heard up to yet. Kerry did a good job of reading it but I still prefer Jeff Harding (maybe because I am used to the characters he portrays) but nonetheless pretty well narrated and brilliantly written again... Next....

Another great story

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A great early insight to Reacher and the work he did in the US Army military police. Taking no BS from anyone and solving a case you're going to love to listen too. Lee Childs, just love your books, keep them coming.

One of The Best shorter Reacher Books and Stories

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This was my first Jack Reacher and I couldn't put it down. Very exciting and gripping. Sent my heart rate up on several occasions. Great for a holiday read.

A real page turner

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Reacher at his best. Lee Child makes.it so believable and full of detail. He must have lived it.

Mindblowing

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