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(Jack Reacher 19)

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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.

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

Jack Reacher walks alone.

Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he's a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president.

Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him.

This new heart-stopping, nail-biting book in Lee Child's number-one bestselling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris - and then to London.

The stakes have never been higher - because this time, it's personal.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Personal is 19th in the series.

"Consistently pulse-raising. . .an exhilarating ride. . .Personal wrests back the sheer gusto of the earlier novels; it's the best Reacher adventure in some considerable time." (Independent)

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

©2014 Lee Child (P)2014 Random House Audiobooks

 Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Espionage Modern Detectives Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Police Procedurals Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Suspense Heartfelt Short Story

Critic reviews

Consistently pulse-raising...an exhilarating ride...Personal wrests back the sheer gusto of earlier novels; it's the best Reacher adventure in some considerable time.
This is the 19th Jack Reacher novel. I've read all the others. If you haven't, start now. You can binge-read them all in three weeks. But then you will be sad. Because you'll have to wait for a year for the next one. They are blissfully pedantic whodunnits. And also seriously violent thrillers....[Child] is so good. He makes "literary" writing seem orotund...He generates relentless momentum...Child's dedication to suspense...approaches the Hitchcockian.
Packed with arcane and fascinating detail...Child's almost trademarked and seriously addictive clipped prose and dialogue keeps Personal clipping along at breakneck pace with the tension ratcheting up satisfactorily to the inevitably bloody conclusion.
Told in characteristic Child style - fast prose, smart dialogue, extraordinary detail - and with the hero in full revenge mode,it throbs with energy from the start...a pleasure to welcome him back to [Lee Child's] native land.
He's a dangerous man to know but every year I am desperate to renew my acquaintance with the one and only Jack Reacher....Child brings it all together brilliantly. And often tersely...It ends in crunching violence - but Reacher readers queueing up for their annual fix expect nothing less.
The best one yet
Reacher is the stuff of myth…One of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes…endless surprises and fierce suspense
All stars
Most relevant

Would you consider the audio edition of Personal to be better than the print version?

No, but it is a good representation.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Reacher who else????

What about Kerry Shale’s performance did you like?

Good solid performance, although the pronunciation of the British characters and lace names could have been better

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Just an overall better story than previous books

Any additional comments?

Getter back to the solid performance we know of Reacher

Back to a better story line

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Have enjoyed many of the lee child books, but their all a bit same old same old. That'll probably be the last one for me.

Getting a bit old hat

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This Jack Reacher story is simply grandeu. Don't miss listening too it 5 stars is not enough for this WINNER.
It will keep you listening until the very end, 😉 Enjoy it as much as I have.

Lee Child's brilliant mind has another WINNER.

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