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The Visitor

Jack Reacher, Book 4

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The Visitor

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.

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

Two female army high-flyers. Both acquainted with Jack Reacher. Both forced to resign from the service.

Now they're both dead.

Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle.

A ruthless vigilante.

A man just like Jack Reacher.




Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, The Visitor is the 4th in the series.


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

©2010 Lee Child (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks

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Critic reviews

'Reacher is as dyed-in-the-wool an American action man as Hollywood could hope for...manages that tough trick of seeming at once battle-hardened, footloose, sexy and compassionate: the sort of ladies' man that Peter Millar, The Times
'Within a short space of time, Child has gleaned enviable recognition for his tautly written thrillers...This tale will ensure that many a train stop is missed'
'In three novels Lee Child has established a franchise with his maverick drifter, the ex-US military cop Jack Reacher, and shown that, for an Englishman, he can produce passable American. His fourth, The Visitor, offers an efficient mix of hard-boiled style with lots of lip and a revivial of the classic locked-room mystery...Tight plotting, pace and high mileage'
'Relentlessly fast-paced and beautifully structured...Amply fulfils the promise of its predecessors. Reacher is the sort of hero no woman could help falling for, and he looks destined to have a very long life'
'A thumping good read...This is an excellent thriller of the Patricia Cornwell variety. Gripping and well-constructed...Impossible to put down'
'Lee Child writes edgy American thrillers to rival the likes of Thomas Harris and John Grisham, but the remarkable thing about Child is that he was born in the Midlands and until recently lived in picturesque Cumbria...A highly-polished thriller that's well thought out, totally convincing and, well, thrilling. You'll bomb through it in no time and enjoy every second'
'Lee Child's remorselessly perverse ingenuity is working overtime in this, his fourth...A book this driven by the central character's lack of aggression ought not to be quite as smart as this is, or quite as likeable - Lee Child's clever formula is to make that paradox work'
'Once again, terrific stuff'
'A serial-killer thriller with a traditional puzzle at its heart...A great page turner'
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I have heard all the Reacher books and enjoyed them all. But this is probably the best!

Best teacher yet

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The narrator did another excellent job but this story is my least favourite so far.

don't get me wrong, it's good, but not great.

Not my favourite.

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even when he's dicking about he's still the smartest guy in the room with a wandering eye distracting him most of the way.

Great story interesting twist well thought out. kinda makes you scared of the fbi lol

reacher brilliance

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Great book. Much better than the previous Jack Reacher book. The performance was also very good

Excellent

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I love Jack Reacher. I want to meet him. He’s so cool but so clever. He’s so amazingly sexy and gentle while being efficiently strong and brutal. Please will someone tell me where I can find him?

Joking aside, another twisting and turning story - I thought I’d figured it out on a number of occasions but no… here we go again with another price of information thrown into the mix. I did view the cause of the deaths with some degree of disbelief or at least scepticism but… I have no intention of providing a spoiler alert so tough luck! True or fantasy, it’ didn’t detract from the story.

I always feel sad when Reacher stories end and wonder what happens next. Is that a good author, an amazing central character - or just a blinking good story?

Twists and turns galore

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