"adapt the 18th novel ""Never Go Back"". Christopher McQuarrie did not direct, due to other commitments with another Cruise film, """", and was replaced with Edward Zwick. The film was released October 21, 2016. On November 6, 2018 Lee Child announced during a Writers On A New England Stage interview at the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Music Hall’s ""Historic Theater"" that there will not be a third Jack Reacher movie and instead Netflix will be creating a Jack Reacher series, with different casting in the lead role. All of the Jack Reacher novels have been released in audio version in MP3"
"One Shot (novel) One Shot is the ninth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. The book title is based on ""One shot, one kill,"" the military sniper's creed. The novel was adapted into the 2012 film ""Jack Reacher"", starring Tom Cruise as the title character. This book is written in the third person. In a small Indiana city, a lone gunman in a parking garage calmly fires into a rush-hour crowd in a public plaza, committing a massacre of five apparently random victims with six shots. The shooter leaves a perfect trail behind for the police"
"Lee Child James D. ""Jim"" Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his ""Jack Reacher"" novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, ""Killing Floor"", won both the Anthony Award, and the Barry Award for Best First Novel. Jim Grant was born in Coventry, England. His father was a civil servant. He is the second of four sons; his younger brother, Andrew Grant, is also a"
"shows Bantam (UK) hardcover, first printings only."" James Grant A.K.A. Lee Child has received honorary degrees from several universities. These include: Lee Child James D. ""Jim"" Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his ""Jack Reacher"" novel series. The books follow the adventures of a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher, who wanders the United States. His first novel, ""Killing Floor"", won both the Anthony Award, and the Barry Award for Best First Novel. Jim Grant was born in Coventry, England."
"Second Son (Child novel) ""Second Son"" is a short story featuring Jack Reacher, a fictional character created by British author Jim Grant (who writes under the pen name of Lee Child). It is notable in several ways: in being a short story, as Reacher mainly appears in full-length novels, of which sixteen appeared as of 2012; in giving a glimpse of the teen-age Reacher, making the story a prequel set far earlier chronologically than all other appearances of Reacher. ""Second Son"" and ""Deep Down"" were both released originally for the Kindle. ""Second Son"" was later included in the paperback and"
"And wise about Reacher's peculiar nature. And positively Bunyanesque in its admiring contributions to Reacher lore."" Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media produced the film adaptation, """", as a sequel to 2012 film, ""Jack Reacher"". Never Go Back (novel) Never Go Back is the eighteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 3 September 2013 in the United States. The book continues the storyline covered in the novels ""61 Hours"", ""Worth Dying For"" and ""A Wanted Man"". The novel, like a majority of the Jack Reacher novels, is narrated in third-person point of view."
"Die Trying (novel) Die Trying is the second novel in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 1998 by Putnam. It is written in the third person. While in Chicago, former military policeman Jack Reacher is helping a young woman with an injured leg with her dry cleaning when they're captured at gunpoint by three men and thrown into a car, then transferred into a van and driven cross country. On the way, Reacher learns the woman is an FBI agent named Holly Johnson, though she doesn't tell him she's the daughter of the Chairman"
"61 Hours 61 Hours is the fourteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 18 March 2010 both in the United Kingdom and in the USA. It is written in the third person. Set in the town of Bolton, South Dakota, Reacher begins his latest adventure on a wrecked senior citizen tour bus after a near-miss with another motorist leaves the bus spinning on the icy road and trapped in a snowy bank. Immersed in a frozen landscape, Reacher works with local law enforcement to help the fragile victims. Hours later, Reacher learns"
"involvement. The story ends with Reacher reflecting on the fact that he never saw Summer again despite hearing that she also received a promotion to captain. The Enemy (Child novel) The prequel, The Enemy, is the eighth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It is narrated in the first person. In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute. MP Maj. Jack Reacher investigates and comes to the conclusion that the woman Kramer was with stole"
"Echo Burning Echo Burning is the fifth novel in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 2001 by Putnam in America and Bantam in the United Kingdom. It is written in the third person. Jack Reacher breaks a bully's nose and finger after being repeatedly provoked in a Texas saloon, so when the bully turns out to be a local cop and shows up with three of his colleagues the following day to arrest him, Reacher decides it's time to move on. He chooses hitchhiking as the fastest escape and hooks up with a driver"
"Personal (novel) Personal is the nineteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. The novel was published on 28 August 2014 in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, and on September 2, 2014, in the United States and Canada. The plot of the book revolves around Reacher's pursuit of a sniper who has attempted to assassinate the President of France. This book is written in the first person. Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was"
"Night School (novel) Night School is a 2016 novel by Lee Child. This is the twenty-first book in the Jack Reacher series. It is written in the third person. In 1996, U.S. Army Major Jack Reacher is in Virginia to receive a medal for eliminating two militants in the Balkans when he receives orders from his superior officer and trusted friend, Leon Garber, to attend a special ""inter-agency cooperation"" school alongside Casey Watterman, an FBI agent, and John White, a CIA officer. Reacher quickly realizes that there is no school: the entire thing is an elaborate joint-agency operation overseen by"
"Never Go Back (novel) Never Go Back is the eighteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 3 September 2013 in the United States. The book continues the storyline covered in the novels ""61 Hours"", ""Worth Dying For"" and ""A Wanted Man"". The novel, like a majority of the Jack Reacher novels, is narrated in third-person point of view. At a motel outside Washington D.C., former army cop Jack Reacher is confronted by two men, who call him a disgrace and order him to leave town. Reacher refuses, and subdues them in a"
"A Wanted Man A Wanted Man is the seventeenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 30 August 2012 in the United Kingdom, Australia, & New Zealand and on 11 September 2012 in the USA & Canada. ""A Wanted Man"" won the ""Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year"" award by the National Book Awards. The book returns to the present timeline, continuing where ""Worth Dying For"" left off, whereas the preceding novel, ""The Affair"", told some episode of the main character's past. The novel, like a majority of the Jack Reacher novels,"
"of both Reacher and his brother, Joe) is said to have died. These events are also referred to in the novel, ""The Affair"", which occurs just before the storyline of ""Killing Floor"". Second Son (Child novel) ""Second Son"" is a short story featuring Jack Reacher, a fictional character created by British author Jim Grant (who writes under the pen name of Lee Child). It is notable in several ways: in being a short story, as Reacher mainly appears in full-length novels, of which sixteen appeared as of 2012; in giving a glimpse of the teen-age Reacher, making the story a"
"The Enemy (Child novel) The prequel, The Enemy, is the eighth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It is narrated in the first person. In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute. MP Maj. Jack Reacher investigates and comes to the conclusion that the woman Kramer was with stole his briefcase. Reacher's superior, Col. Leon Garber, orders him to deliver news of the general's death to his wife. Accompanied by a female officer, Lieutenant Summer,"
"story is real and a civil action (still pending ) was filed by the victim. He was the first writer on ""Jack Reacher"", for Paramount Pictures, part of the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. The film starred Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, and Werner Herzog. Ultimately, the film was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. In 2009, he wrote an article called ""I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script"" on the blog of The Village Voice. Olson recently wrote the script ""Tabloid"" for Mick Jagger. His adaptation of Dennis Lehane's short story ""Until Gwen"" was on the Black List (survey)."
"can start a new life. The story has appeared in ""Fresh Blood 3"" (1999), an anthology of mystery short stories edited by Mike Ripley and Maxim Jakubowski, and in ""Thriller"" (2006), a short story anthology of thrillers written by International Thrillers, Inc. members and edited by James Patterson. This novella, published in 2013, opens on 13 July 1977 with an almost seventeen year old Reacher stopping by in New York in the middle of a heat wave to visit his brother at West Point when he encounters a woman (Jill Hemingway) being assaulted by a man. He drives off the"
"e-book fiction books for the week of September 21, 2014. It won the 2014 RBA Prize for Crime Writing, a Spanish literary award said to be the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000. Personal (novel) Personal is the nineteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. The novel was published on 28 August 2014 in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, and on September 2, 2014, in the United States and Canada. The plot of the book revolves around Reacher's pursuit of a sniper who has attempted to assassinate the President of France. This"
"scheduled to be released in November 25, 2013 in hardcover and audio book, with the paperback to be presumably released in 2014. The release coincides with the 20th anniversary of the original novel. The novel has received mostly positive reviews. Author of the Jack Reacher series, Lee Child, has given the novel a positive review, stating that ""Behind all the noise and numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without natural storytelling talent--which is what James Patterson has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves that."" Cross My Heart (novel) Cross My Heart is the 21st novel"
"Repairman Jack (series) The Repairman Jack series is the name given to fifteen (as of 2011) horror/thriller novels written by American author F. Paul Wilson, as well as several standalone short stories. The series revolves around the adventures of a Manhattan-based ""urban mercenary"" who calls himself Repairman Jack. Jack is a man with no last name or legal status who makes his living ""fixing"" situations for people who cannot find help elsewhere. His work has not only led him into violent encounters with the criminal underworld, but also into the midst of a behind-the-scenes cosmic battle for Earth between two"
"Worth Dying For (novel) Worth Dying For is the fifteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 30 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and was published on 19 October 2010 in the USA. It is written in the third person. Following the events of ""61 Hours"", Jack Reacher is on his way to Virginia to meet Maj. Susan Turner, the current commanding officer of his old unit, the 110th Military Police Squadron. En route, he stops for the night at the Apollo Inn, a fading motel in rural Nebraska. In the motel's"
"Worth Dying For (novel) Worth Dying For is the fifteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 30 September 2010 in the United Kingdom and was published on 19 October 2010 in the USA. It is written in the third person. Following the events of ""61 Hours"", Jack Reacher is on his way to Virginia to meet Maj. Susan Turner, the current commanding officer of his old unit, the 110th Military Police Squadron. En route, he stops for the night at the Apollo Inn, a fading motel in rural Nebraska. In the motel's"
"Nothing to Lose (novel) Nothing to Lose is the twelfth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in the UK by Bantam Press in March 2008 and in the US by Delacorte in June 2008. It is written in the third person. As described by Sherryl Connelly of the ""New York Daily News"", ""Nothing to Lose"" features several similarities to David Morrell's 1972 novel, ""First Blood"", including the fact that the lead character (a former soldier) is mistaken for a loiterer and harassed by local law enforcement. The name of the town in both"
"judgment. A Wanted Man A Wanted Man is the seventeenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 30 August 2012 in the United Kingdom, Australia, & New Zealand and on 11 September 2012 in the USA & Canada. ""A Wanted Man"" won the ""Thriller & Crime Novel of the Year"" award by the National Book Awards. The book returns to the present timeline, continuing where ""Worth Dying For"" left off, whereas the preceding novel, ""The Affair"", told some episode of the main character's past. The novel, like a majority of the Jack Reacher"
"resembles John Wick known as ""The Reaper"", was released as a reward for players for a limited time between February 22 and April 30, 2018. The skin caused a significant increase in searches for ""John Wick"" towards the end of April. A tie-in comic book was released in 2017 written by Greg Pak. John Wick John Wick is an American media franchise which consists of action thriller films created by Derek Kolstad and directed by Chad Stahelski. The first film also included David Leitch as an uncredited co-director. Keanu Reeves stars as the eponymous character, a retired but deadly hitman"
"The Midnight Line The Midnight Line is a novel by British writer Lee Child. This is the twenty-second book in the Jack Reacher series. The book was released on 7 November 2017. The plot finds Reacher once again in the Midwest, this time being thrust into an investigation involving the illegal opioid trade, the pharmaceutical companies that often turn a blind eye in the name of profits, and the people dependent on them. After spending the night with a woman named Michelle Chang (from ""Make Me""), Jack Reacher is traveling through Wisconsin when he happens to stop at a pawnshop"
"a broken-down car. This story takes place in Manhattan's Flatiron District. Jack Reacher has an unusual encounter in a diner reminiscent of the Edward Hopper painting ""Nighthawks"". It was part of the Mystery Writers' Guild anthology ""Manhattan Mayhem"" edited by Mary Higgins Clark. This anthology includes a novella, ""Too Much Time"", and the short stories""Deep Down"", ""Everyone Talks"", ""Guy Walks into a Bar"", ""High Heat"", ""James Penney’s New Identity"" (the original version which is longer), ""Maybe They Have a Tradition"", ""No Room at the Motel"", ""Not a Drill"", ""Second Son"", ""Small Wars"", and ""The Picture of the Lonely Diner"". Jack"
"Tripwire (novel) Tripwire is the third book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 1999 by Putnam in America and Bantam in the United Kingdom. It is written in the third person. The prologue describes Victor Truman ""Hook"" Hobie's carefully planned escape route in the event of somebody discovering his ""really big, well-guarded secret"". His ""early-warning system"" consists of geographically-located ""tripwires"". The first is eleven thousand miles from home and the second is six thousand miles out. His response to their activation would be to tie up loose ends, cash in, transfer his assets,"
"Make Me (novel) Make Me is the twentieth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was initially published on 8 September 2015 by Delacorte Press. The novel is written in the third person. Somewhere in the sprawling, flat, desolate Midwestern United States, Reacher arrives by train at a small town named Mother's Rest, curious as to the story behind the name. He meets a Chinese American woman named Chang who is apparently searching for a lost associate. Thinking that the town may have once been a young mother's delivery site or perhaps the final resting place"
"spend a little downtime in Milwaukee together. —Janet Maslin, ""The New York Times"" Make Me (novel) Make Me is the twentieth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was initially published on 8 September 2015 by Delacorte Press. The novel is written in the third person. Somewhere in the sprawling, flat, desolate Midwestern United States, Reacher arrives by train at a small town named Mother's Rest, curious as to the story behind the name. He meets a Chinese American woman named Chang who is apparently searching for a lost associate. Thinking that the town may have"
"been made ever since the character debuted in 1997's ""Killing Floor"". After being optioned with no success to PolyGram and later New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions acquired the film rights in 2005. Screenwriter Josh Olson was then hired to adapt Child's then-most recent novel in the Reacher series, ""One Shot"" (2005). In July 2010, Christopher McQuarrie, who previously collaborated with Cruise/Wagner Productions on the 2008 film ""Valkyrie"", signed on to rework Olson's script and ultimately direct the film. In June 2011, Tom Cruise was in talks for playing the role of Jack Reacher. The following month, Cruise"
"no tedious self-pity. He's smart and strong, an introvert, but any anguish he suffers is caused by others."" When asked about the casting of Tom Cruise in the role of Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise's casting as Jack Reacher was met with severe criticism from fans of the book series, primarily because the disparity in their heights with Reacher portrayed as a blond, tall, 250-pound man in the novels, while Cruise is a tall brunette), Child replied that ""Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force"". He has also referred to Reacher on multiple occasions as a"