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The Sentinel

Jack Reacher, Book 25

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The Sentinel

By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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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**

The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller - his 25th adventure. No one's bigger than Jack Reacher.

Jack Reacher hitches a ride to a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along.

Not going to happen.

The town has been shut down by a cyber attack. At the centre of it all, whether he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford. He's an average IT guy, but he knows more than he thinks.

As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher moves in on them . . .

And now Rusty knows he's protected, he's never going to leave the big man's side.

Reacher might just have to stick around and find out what the hell's gone wrong . . . and then put it right, like only he can.

***

'Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.' Ken Follett

'If you haven't read any Jack Reacher, you have a treat in store . . . a hitchhiker without a phone, a one-man force for good.' - The Times

'A contemporary version of the knight in shining armour . . . Reacher is a mythic figure.' Literary Review

'Jack Reacher is a wonderfully epic hero; tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable... Irresistible.' People

'Jack Reacher has long since earned his prominent place in the pantheon of cool, smart-talking American heroes.' New York Times

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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, The Sentinel is the 25th in the series.


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

© Lee Child and Andrew Child 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Critic reviews

I loved The Sentinel! Classic Reacher, great story. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
The Sentinel shows that two Childs are even better than one.
The one man revenge machine seems revitalised. Great stuff.
Thoroughly entertaining . . . when the world is crumbling, it's good to have some of Reacher's brutal certainties back.
It's great to be back in Reacher's company in a world where the bad guys get what's coming to them. A smooth transition for a much-loved character.
The collaboration here produces vintage Reacher.
Reacher is satisfyingly ice cold in combat and full of good human feelings when necessary. It works.
Lots of action . . . one of the most inventive action sequences in recent memory . . . [The Sentinel] continues the series without any sense that there's now a coauthor. In a year of drastic change, fans will welcome the consistency.
Fresh, perfectly plotted, and packed with action, The Sentinel is one of the year's best, must-read thrillers . . . and proves that this series is primed to continue on at the highest level for many years to come.
The Sentinel is a butt-kicking, take-no-prisoners thriller that satisfies on every page.
All stars
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I read a few scathing reviews about the new writer before I listened. They’re wrong!

Under new (competent) management

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I found the previous three Jack Reacher books very disappointing so this was going to be my last one but I was pleasantly surprised. The other characters in the book were slightly lacklustre and the plot slightly hackneyed but Jack was pretty good and I hope that Lee’s brother will continue the upward trend.

Great improvement

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This is the best Jack Reacher book I have listened to in a long time that had a great story line it made me not wanting to stop listening to this book I am only sorry that it is all over now
I would like to see more books by Lee Child and Andrew Child it was a great compilation.
This is a most listener or read

The Sentinel five stars you got to get this one

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This is the first of the co-authored Jack Reachers. None of us understand the collaboration so I am judging it cold, albeit based on listening to 25 Lee Child books in the last few months.

The narrator, Harding, has honed his craft. He only ever faltered on Book 1 of the entire series. He is still in his stride. Eastern European accents continue to be a shade generic and his “woman’s voice” continues to be unnervingly excellent. His characterisation is clear and compelling. He has, for these books, developed a series of tonal inflections that I enjoy. I think they work with Child’s style. If you only listened to one book, they might annoy you. Not me,

Andrew Child cannot quite match Lee’s craft. Let’s say “yet” and give him the benefit of the doubt. There are no “I have to listen to that part again for the sheer joy of the writing” passages. The new minor characters are not quite as well picked out. There are no virtuoso chapters where a single punch takes the entire chapter.

To counter some other reviews, Reacher does not join Antifa… ridiculous, He does not learn to use computers. He is still a T-rex in a world of soft mammals. Reacher continues to be our unbending, black’n’white superman. A true channel for those frustrated by the compromised morals around us. A giant who delivers that punch in the side of the head we would all like to dole out to the ethically challenged.

Try this one, It’s not too bad. Maybe you’ll like it. Maybe you won’t.

Time to right some unjust reviews

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I love Jack Reacher but I feel Lee Child is running out of ideas. Narration was as ever spot on and probably the only thing that kept me going.
Come on Lee time to up your game.

Not the best

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