Die Trying

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Praise for last year's Killing Floor
"Child combines high suspense with nearly nonstop action. Reacher Is a wonderfully epic hero: tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable enough to tear up at a sentimental gesture from the woman he loves. (Think a young Clint Eastwood.)
irresistible." -Cynthia Sanz, People
Critics hailed Lee Child's debut, Killing Flooh, as "a tough, compelling thriller with characters who Jump off the page" (The Houston Chronicle). "Such a brilliantly written first novel that the guy must be channeling Dashiell Hammett," agreed Playboy. "An unsettling trip that leaves your brain buzzing and your stomach knotted," warned The Philadelphia Inquiker.
From its Jolting opening pages to its fiery final confrontation. Die Trying fulfills the promise of Child's debut and offers us another brilliant and enthralling novel featuring ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. In a quiet Chicago suburb, a dentist is attacked in his office parking lot and forced into the trunk of his... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Praise for last year's Killing Floor
"Child combines high suspense with nearly nonstop action. Reacher Is a wonderfully epic hero: tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable enough to tear up at a sentimental gesture from the woman he loves. (Think a young Clint Eastwood.)
irresistible." -Cynthia Sanz, People
Critics hailed Lee Child's debut, Killing Flooh, as "a tough, compelling thriller with characters who Jump off the page" (The Houston Chronicle). "Such a brilliantly written first novel that the guy must be channeling Dashiell Hammett," agreed Playboy. "An unsettling trip that leaves your brain buzzing and your stomach knotted," warned The Philadelphia Inquiker.
From its Jolting opening pages to its fiery final confrontation. Die Trying fulfills the promise of Child's debut and offers us another brilliant and enthralling novel featuring ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. In a quiet Chicago suburb, a dentist is attacked in his office parking lot and forced into the trunk of his Lexus. On a sidewalk downtown. Jack Reacher and an unknown woman are abducted in broad daylight. Wordlessly and without warning, two armed men—confident and rehearsed—hustle them into the same sedan. Then Reacher and the woman are switched Into a second vehicle and hauled away, leaving the dentist bound and gagged Inside his car with the woman's abandoned possessions, two gallons of gasoline and a burning match.
Reacher and this mysterious woman are caught between a group of men holding them for an Impossible ransom and her colleagues, who will risk everything—even their lives-to save her. With only their wits and mutual trust between them, she and Reacher must escape an Ingenious wilderness prison and the grasp of a man hellbent on revenge.
Early praise for Die Trying
«A riveting thriller, brought to life with well-observed detail and paced with taut, evocative prose. It's a winner.*
—Greg lies, author of Hobxal Feab
"Die Trying Is tough, elegant and thoug^y^ - ^
—Robert BfPiarker, autho3| of 8üi)d&n Hiscbibf
"Sensational. Child presentí his tense, action-packed adventure in vivid prose, as lean and capable as his central charact^i Jack Reacher is not merely a terrific hero; he sets a new standard."
—Tom Sai^, ~
author of The iiíhbritíhcgb
«Lee Child's knowledge of the'^Sern rnm^Wf and its combat tactics amazed me. A chilling ^tM all-too-realistic story, and a damBgood bool^*
¦Steve Thayer, • ¦. author of The WejÜPherka^
Die Trying Is Lee Child's second novel. A native of England and a former television writer, he lives ^ near New York City, where he is at work on third thriller featuring Jack Reacher.
Jacket design © 1998 Thomas Tafurl Photograph of the author © Ruth Grant
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