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Without Fail

Jack Reacher, Book 6

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Without Fail

By: Lee Child, Lee 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**

Jack Reacher walks alone.

No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job.

Her job?

Protecting the Vice-President of the United States.

Her problem?

Someone wants the VP dead.


Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Without Fail is the 6th in the series.

'Lee Child's protagonist, Jack Reacher, is a hero in the Dirty Harry style, a man who lives by his own principles . . . Produces a surprising twist when it's least expected.' Sunday Telegraph

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

©2002 Lee Child (P)2013 Isis Publishing Ltd, Penguin Audio

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Critic reviews

Lee Child writes edgy American thrillers to rival the likes of Thomas Harris and John Grisham
Sixth in seriously good series featuring Jack Reacher...Exciting, absorbing and intriguing, with hero big and bold enough to handle the percussive action
For most fans of Lee Child the greatest draw is his military police tough guy Jack Reacher...To be fair, Reacher is more of a thinking girl's beefcake - I can see Russell Crowe already angling for the movie part
Jack Reacher is a most magnetic creation, tough, cool and ultimately moral
Lee Child's protagonist, Jack Reacher, is a hero in the Dirty Harry style, a man who lives by his own principles...Produces a surprising twist when it's least expected
A good, edge-of-the-seat thriller
All stars
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Lee Child is a master story teller and Reacher is the means by which we see this.
The story comes across slowly, it's never forced into action though you are aware that simplicity has retreated and the strands of something very complicated are emerging. Lee Child's skill for observation is the glue that binds thought and action together. It's the small details that bring colour and understanding of his characters into a unity. This book is excellent.
All this together with the voice of Jeff Harding makes for compelling listening.

Listen to the details ... perfection in words

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cracking story as usual read brilliantly .
this is about my third read (listen ) through of the Reacher books and they still remain great

good as always

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I'm reading the Reacher books through in sequence and this was one of the best yet, a good book with plenty of twists.

A great read

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great story with masses of detail, could have been improved by having a second reader for the female voices.

Gripping

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Lee Child does it again, building up characterisation and story, and slow burning tension.
Jeff Harding is a narrator who expresses perfectly and reveals the personality of Reacher through his expressive voice.

Exciting

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