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Auf dem Weg von Tampa nach nirgendwo steigt der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher in einer Kleinstadt in Georgia aus dem Bus. Wenige Stunden später findet er sich im Gefängnis wieder. Er steht unter Mordverdacht. Doch statt einer schnellen Lösung hat Detective Finley bald zwei große Probleme: einen Hauptverdächtigen, der seine Unschuld beweisen kann, und das Geständnis eines Bankers, der die Tat nicht begangen hat.

In the morning, they gave Reacher a medal. And in the afternoon, they sent him back to school. Night School takes Reacher back to his army days, but this time he's not in uniform. With trusted sergeant Frances Neagley at his side, he must carry the fate of the world on his shoulders in a wired, fiendishly clever new adventure that will make cold sweat trickle down your spine.

A collection of killer stories from some of today's hottest crime fiction writers, edited by grandmaster and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. Killer Year is a group of thirteen authors whose first novels were published in the year 2007. Now, each member of this widely-praised organization has written a story with his or her own unique twist on the world of crime.

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington D.C., the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had. Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He liked her voice on the phone. But the officer sitting behind Reacher’s old desk isn't a woman. Why is Susan Turner not there? What Reacher doesn’t expect is what comes next.

Winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow, icy roads, a tired driver. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded in a gathering storm. There's a small town twenty miles away, where a vulnerable witness is guarded around the clock. There's a strange stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There's a ruthless man who controls everything from the warmth of Mexico.

Pericles "Perry" Christo is a P.I. with a past. A one-time NYPD homicide cop, Perry has been struggling since he lost his badge, and his marriage, in a notorious corruption scandal. So when wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia Drusilla calls him one cold February night, he jumps at the chance to work what seems to be a straightforward (and lucrative) case. Julia needs Perry to track down the whereabouts of her beautiful yet aimless daughter, Angelina, who is about to become a very wealthy young heiress.

Two years after the events of the Audiobook of the Year - The Chopin Manuscript - former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton and his Volunteers once again must crack a secretive conspiracy that not only threatens their lives, but the stability of the world. Their race against time will take them from London to the U.S. to Russia and beyond. And at the heart of it all is one question: What is the secret of the Copper Bracelet?

15 thriller masters. 1 masterful thriller! Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frederic Chopin. But he is unaware that, within it's handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans. As he races from Poland to the U.S. to uncover the mystery of the manuscript, Middleton will be accused of murder, pursued by federal agents, and targeted by assassins.

From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero is at the centre of formative myths in every culture and persists to this day in world-conquering books, films and TV shows. But why do these characters continue to inspire us, and why are they so central to storytelling? Scalpel-sharp on the roots of storytelling and enlightening on the history and science of myth, The Hero is essential listening for anyone trying to write or understand fiction.

First Thrills will include never-before-published stories by New York Times best-selling authors including Lee Child, Stephen Coonts, Jeffery Deaver, Heather Graham, Joan Johnston, John Lescroart, Alex Kava and Deb Carlin, Michael Palmer (with Daniel James Palmer), Karin Slaughter, and Wendi Corsi Staub.

Velkommen til Margrave, Georgia - men bliv ikke alt for knyttet til stedet. Byens beboere er enten involveret i en farlig sammensværgelse, eller med hastige skridt på vej mod den sikre død... eller begge dele. Det er ikke en varm velkomst, der venter Jack Reacher, eks-militærmand, da han står af en Greyhound-bus i sydstatsbyen Margrave. Inden for kort tid arresteres han og anklages for mord. Det eneste Jack Reacher ved med sikkerhed er, at han ikke har slået nogen ihjel. I hvert fald ikke for nylig. Og slet ikke i Margrave.

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....

Authors Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, David Hewson, and Jim Fusilli discuss the creation of The Copper Bracelet, the sequel to the Audiobook of the Year, The Chopin Manuscript. The conversation was recorded at ThrillerFest 2009 in New York City.

"Puoi lasciare l'esercito, ma l'esercito non lascia te. Non sempre. Non completamente." E infatti Jack Reacher deve tornare in servizio, richiamato dal dipartimento di Stato e dalla CIA. Qualcuno ha colpito il presidente francese mentre teneva un discorso a Parigi. Un solo colpo, sparato con estrema precisione da una distanza eccezionalmente lunga, un colpo che sarebbe stato letale se non l'avessero fermato le barriere protettive.

Two small towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, nothing but 12 miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four redneck deputies who want to run him out of town.

Wochenlang auf Platz 1 der New-York-Times-Bestsellerliste, jetzt endlich auf Deutsch: der 24. Fall für "Jack Reacher". Jack Reacher reist ziellos in einem Greyhound-Bus durch die USA. Da beobachtet der ehemalige Militärpolizist, wie ein alter Mann, der gerade aus dem Bus gestiegen ist, überfallen wird. Reacher wäre nicht Reacher, wenn er tatenlos zusähe – er greift ein. Das Opfer ist verletzt, will ihn aber auf keinen Fall in diese Angelegenheit hineinziehen. Doch Reacher konnte noch nie wegsehen, wenn Schwächere Hilfe brauchten.

Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he’s a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. This new heartstopping, nailbiting book in Lee Child’s number-one best-selling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris - and then to London.

Um diesen Gegner zu schlagen, muss Reacher sterben! Unter der gleißenden Sonne durchstreift der ehemalige Militärpolizist Jack Reacher die Wüste Arizonas. Da entdeckt er einen Wagen, der gegen den einzigen Baum weit und breit gekracht ist. Die Fahrerin hält ihn zunächst für ein Mitglied der Bande, die den Unfall verursacht hat. Doch nachdem Reacher das Missverständnis ausgeräumt hat, entschließt er sich sogar, ihr zu helfen, die Verbrecher zu stellen. Denn die Kriminellen haben ihren Bruder – ein Spezialist für Bomben – entführt und wollen mit dessen erzwungener Hilfe einen schrecklichen Plan umsetzen.

When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly-set, freshly-busted nose, patched with silver duct tape - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. But Reacher has some unfinished business in Virginia, so he doesn't quit. And at last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. But within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and then they run into a police roadblock on the highway.

Unversöhnlich, unerbittlich, unschlagbar: Jack Reacher, der eigenwilligste Ermittler der amerikanischen Thrillerliteratur. Jack Reacher betritt den Stützpunkt seiner ehemaligen Einheit bei der Militärpolizei und ahnt nicht, was ihm bevorsteht. Er ist nach Virginia gereist, um seine Nachfolgerin Major Susan Turner kennenzulernen, doch wenig später wird klar, was für ein großer Fehler das war. Denn wie jeder ehemalige Soldat der USA ist Reacher Reservist. Prompt erhält er seinen Einberufungsbefehl und wird außerdem des Mordes angeklagt und verhaftet.