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The Secret

Jack Reacher, Book 28

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The Secret

By: Lee Child, Andrew Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.

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

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed.


They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window - a fall which generates some unexpected attention.

That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army's representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he's a convenient fall guy.

Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren't what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer and uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners.

Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, The Secret is the 28th audiobook in the internationally bestselling series.

The Secret was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in October and November 2023.

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

©2023 Lee Child and Andrew Child (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense

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Early reacher

Good to see Reacher dealing with life in the army and still cutting through the institutions blocks.

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Not disappointed

The long wait was worth the listen Jeff Harding is my favourite Narrator bring him n the next book and hope it’s set around the same time period

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Not quite there

Not quite as good as previous books. A little lacklustre.
Narration, as usual was excellent.

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Ok but nothing special.

This story jumps back to Reacher’s younger days still working as a Military Policeman. This plot was implausible even by Reacher standards with his beating up of bad guys only tenuously related to the storyline. Well read though and still with some entertainment value.

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Not usual Reacher

If this was the first time I had listened to Reacher I’d say a good
Solid story. It’s just not Jack Reacher.
Good chance it will be my last new Reacher which was co-authored.
Jeff Harding excellent as usual

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Not bad

I sort of was wondering if this story would go through how the character of Jack Reacher was formed, still waiting

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Classic Reacher elements in a less small town setting

A trip back in time for some Reacher back story. Helping understand the character a little more

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Not bad, but not good either

the story is not as engaging as previous books in the series and the writing style has definitely shifted compared to some of the earlier books in the series. the voice acting needs to be done by two people not just one as the female characters tend to sould very similar and it can be difficult to differentiate them from each other.

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Enjoyable but….

After waiting a year for this story, I was a little disappointed. Once again Jeff Harding did a terrific job bringing Reacher and the other characters to life but the story never hit the heights Reacher novels are famous for. Something seemed to be missing and the story seemed rushed towards the conclusion. Otherwise enjoyable.

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Never thought I’d struggle to finish a Reacher novel ☹️

It wasn’t completely bad, but not comparable with earlier works. Everyone makes mistakes, so I will be trying the next book. If that is similarly mediocre, I will mourn for Jack None Reacher, and move on.

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