Worth dying for by lee child, chapter 23, near end, reported to be pg. I read 61 hours and worth dying for backtoback because i thought that worth dying for was the sequel to 61 hours because at the end of 61 hours, it said to be continued. Here youll find information on the reacher novels and short stories, nonreacher short stories, two international movies. In 61 hours, the genetic mutation thing was another one that just made reacher out to be a super man rather than just an ordinary man. After a brief stop in new york city gone tomorrow, jack reacher is back in his element smalltown, u. Worth dying for is the fifteenth book in the jack reacher series of thrillers written by lee child. The very next book released in the same year 2010 worth dying for does make a reference to the ending of 61 hours which does answer a few questions, but i understand what you mean. I thought he took a framing nail to the head in tripwire and survived because thick skull. Get ready for the most exciting 61 hours of your life. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 61 hours jack reacher, book 14.
In the previous installment, it was thrilling to see a new version of reachera man with flaws who made mistakes. There are four books that form a subseries starting off with 61 hours then continuing in worth dying for, a wanted man and finally never go back. Never mind, the story gallops along as always and i soon forgot it was a sequel. I just finished persuader last night and decided to crack open worth dying for. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The first book in lee childs series, killing floor. Welcome to the website of lee child, the creator of jack reacher. They follow reacher as hes trying to get to virginia to return to his old base and a womans voice.
In 61 hours, jack reacher finds himself stranded in a small south dakota town in the middle of a severe winter storm. For those not familiar with jack reacher, then basically good guy meets bad guyss and kicks the out of them. Jack reacher 14 by child, lee from amazons fiction books store. Author lee child dropped into empire a few hours ago for a chat where the topic of the film adaptation of his novel one shot was brought up. Lee childs 15th jack reacher book is a milestone of sorts. I read its a sequel or part 2 of 61 hours which i havent read. In 61 hours, reacher gets stranded in a south dakota small town when the tour bus that he is on skids and a snowstorm approaches. On lee childs website they just come right out and tell you that he survived, so it must not be a secret, you cant have a reacher novel without jack reacher. Ive read the entire series of books at least twice and im now on my third run. Reacher gets caught up in a hunt for a murderer and the protection of a key witness.
We have a bibliography of his written material so you can check off what youve read see books or. Get ready for the most exciting countdown of your lifehour sixtyone icy winter in south dakota. Yes i thought that also, but i was trying to put the logic together after reading about the. If the film is a success and a franchise is launched, the question becomes which is the next book in the series. The studio originally considered adapting 61 hours, the fourteenth novel in the jack reacher book series, as the second film. Jack reacher is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels, novellas and short stories by.
In the story, former military police officer jack reacher agrees to help the police in a small south dakota town protect an elderly witness to a biker gang methamphetamine deal. Author lee child dropped into empire a few hours ago for a chat where the topic of the film adaptation of. It was published on 18 march 2010 both in the united kingdom and in the usa. Reacher is a bit banged up as the result of his escape from what seemed to be a certain demise at the conclusion of 61 hours in worth dying for, he explains how he managed to remain intact, but his residual stiffness and. Did anyone pick up any clues in the ending of 61 hours that might tell us if jack survived. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Id assumed they were merely the macho adventures of a boneheaded lone wolf. March 2010 3rd in south dakota, a tourist bus crashes during a savage snow storm with jack reacher in it. Its not a complete explanation, but can be put together with all the other information about the underground site to come up with your own understanding. This 14th novel is different from the rest in quite a few ways, hinting at more revelations in future installments, starting with the one coming out october 19 two books in one year is also a change for. You could probably be fine reading them out of order as the main plot line between the three is basically him trying to get from point a to b over the course of the books. A nominal sequel to 61 hours, which was published in may, it picks up shortly after the earlier novel. How sad that worth dying for is a throwback to a more onedimensional jack reacher, a far less interesting protagonist than the one in 61 hours.
One of the towns residents, an elderly woman, had recently witnessed a murder and is ready to testify against the killer. I listened to gone tomoprrow and was sorely disappointed and concerned that lee child had lost the momentum with reacher. Worth dying for jack reacher, book 15 kindle edition. Then 61 hours and worth dying for way down the road after a bunch of other reacher books. Tom cruise plays childs regular hero character jack reacher in the film which is an adaptation of the ninth of sixteen books in the series. Although the jack reacher novels can be read in any order, the ending of 61 hours is directly followed by worth dying for. We dont want to get you too excited, but we just had lee child, the man behind jack reacher, in the office for a. Reacher survives in this sequel to 61 hours, though we dont quickly discover how. Ok so im a broke college student atm and only have access to a handful of reacher books that my mom owned. This is the first of lee childs popular jack reacher novels ive read. However, according to lee child, the main challenge was the practical complexity to set a thousand miles of snow in south dakota to accommodate the winter setting. Those who enjoyed lee childs 61 hours were prepared for a breathtaking followup.
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