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Better Off Dead

Jack Reacher (Book 26)

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Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.

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

Reacher never backs down from a problem.

And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems.

Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother. He might have got mixed up with some dangerous people.

And Reacher might just need to pay them a visit.

Their leader has burrowed his influence deep into the town. Just to get in and meet the mysterious Dendoncker, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible.

To get answers will be even harder. There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die than reveal their secrets.

But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Better Off Dead is the 26th ausiobook in the internationally popular series.

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

© Lee Child, Andrew Child 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

Classic Reacher, great story. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
Conn Iggulden on THE SENTINEL
Thoroughly entertaining . . . it's good to have some of Reacher's brutal certainties back.
The Times on THE SENTINEL
The one man revenge machine seems revitalised. Great stuff.
Sun on THE SENTINEL
The coolest continuing series character.
Stephen King
Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.
Ken Follett
Everyone needs to kick some butt sometimes, even if it's just imaginary.
Jojo Moyes
The Child brothers' superb second collaboration . . . Smart writing, vivid action scenes, and dramatic twists mark this seamless effort. Even those for whom this is their first Reacher novel will be clamouring for more.
Publishers Weekly

User Reviews

Book 4.0
Narration 4.0
Author Lee Child and Andrew Child
Narrator Jeff Harding
Series Jack Reacher
Duration 9 hours and 4 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473588240
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Adventure fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Espionage and spy thriller, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
4.0 (1 review)
Narration
4.0 (1 review)

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