On the publication of Lee Child's debut novel, the multiple award-winning Killing Floor, critics nationwide marked its success. "Fascinating" (The New York Times), "riveting" (Boston Sunday Globe), "irresistible" (People), "will blow you away" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), they hailed. Last year's Die Trying inspired even more: "a suspense writer to be reckoned with" (Chicago Tribune) and "[Reacher is] one of the more fully realized and intelligently resourceful heroes to come along in years" (Rocky Mountain News).
In Tripwire, Reacher is settling into lazy Key West when his life is interrupted by a stranger who comes looking for him. When the stranger turns up beaten to death in the Old Town cemetery--fingertips removed--Reacher knows whomever the man was working for is not a friend. Reacher follows the trail to New York, where he confronts the people who dispatched the dead man: an elderly couple still mourning an all-American son lost in Vietnam; an alluring and intelligent woman from Reacher's own haunted past; and at the center of the web, an opponent more vicious than any he's ever faced.
Lee Child confirms his early acclaim with this new tale, as swift and stylish as any suspense novel being written today.
BOOK REVIEWS
Media Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
Unabashedly mindless but fun Reacher swashbuckles with the best of them.
Booklist
The third entry in the Reacher series is a solid thriller that brings to mind the knight-errant adventures of John D. McDonald's Travis McGee. Edgy, exciting reading.
Booklist
The third entry in the Reacher series is a solid thriller that brings to mind the knight-errant adventures of John D. McDonald's Travis McGee. Edgy, exciting reading.
Kirkus Reviews
Unabashedly mindless but fun Reacher swashbuckles with the best of them.
The Denver Post - Robin Vidimos. Tripwire is fast-paced and plausible, a combination that pulls the reader in and holds through the duration of the tale. The race between Reacher and Hobie is an attention-grabbing contest of both wits and time. The book includes a bang-up finale, which makes the reader sit back and gasp with both wonder and understanding.
Recent Reader Reviews
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by Anonymous T Wiles I have read all the four Lee Child books and have particularly enjoyed them all, especially "The Visitor" and "Tripwire". I am addicted to both his character, Jack Reacher, and to the author's style of writing.... Read More
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The Denver Post - Robin Vidimos.
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