The Affair
Lee Child
The Affair
March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base.Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or doesn't she really want to find the killer? The Affair is set just six months before the opening of Killing Floor, and it marks a turning point in Reacher's career. If he does what the army wants, will he be able to live with himself? And if he doesn't, will the army be able to live with him? Is this his last case in uniform?
2.7 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery |
| Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
432 |
| RRP |
£18.99 |
| Date of Publication |
September 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0593065709 |
| Publisher |
Bantam Press |
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March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base.Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or doesn't she really want to find the killer? The Affair is set just six months before the opening of Killing Floor, and it marks a turning point in Reacher's career. If he does what the army wants, will he be able to live with himself? And if he doesn't, will the army be able to live with him? Is this his last case in uniform?
WORTH DYING FOR by Lee Child
61 HOURS by Lee Child
Reviews
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
"Because The Affair begins exactly four and a half years before the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Child also incorporates memories of a less alert Army and a world with less stringent security rules. But this book is really about the man himself, and it presents his most colorful appearance in a long time. It establishes Reacher’s idealistic but vengeful personality and lays out the rules by which he lives."
19/09/2011
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The Sunday Times
John Dugdale
"Here he is more sleuth than solo vigilante as he investigates a young woman’s death (is a local army base involved?). Relatively mundane, un-Reacherish activities such as shopping and eating are recorded, and there’s even the titular affair with a female sheriff. It’s deftly done, but something of a gamble. Devotees no more want a humanised Reacher, you suspect, than Ruth Rendell fans want a gun-toting Wexford."
18/09/2011
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The Mail on Sunday
Craig Brown
"Lee Child is as reliable with his formula as Agatha Christie was with hers. In fact, the two authors have much in common. In many ways, Jack Reacher is just Miss Marple with a hairy chest."
18/09/2011
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