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Better Off Dead

A Jack Reacher Novel

A Jack Reacher Novel

A Jack Reacher Novel     

A Jack Reacher Novel

A Jack Reacher Novel

A Jack Reacher Novel

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child

By Lee Child and Andrew Child
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By Lee Child and Andrew Child
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By Lee Child and Andrew Child
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By Lee Child and Andrew Child
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Apr 26, 2022 | ISBN 9781984818522

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Oct 26, 2021 | 552 Minutes

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    About Better Off Dead

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

    Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

    Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
     
    Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

    The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
     
    He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

    Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

    About Better Off Dead

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

    Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

    Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
     
    Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

    The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
     
    He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

    Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

    About Better Off Dead

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

    Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

    Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
     
    Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

    The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
     
    He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

    Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

    About Better Off Dead

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

    Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

    Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
     
    Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

    The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
     
    He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

    Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

    About Better Off Dead

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

    Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

    Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
     
    Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

    The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
     
    He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

    Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

    About Better Off Dead

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! 

    Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

    Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
     
    Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

    The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
     
    He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

    Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher’s life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

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    No Plan B
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    The Affair
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    About Lee Child

    Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the… More about Lee Child

    About Lee Child

    Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the… More about Lee Child

    About Lee Child

    Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the… More about Lee Child

    About Lee Child

    Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the… More about Lee Child

    About Lee Child

    Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the… More about Lee Child

    About Lee Child

    Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the… More about Lee Child

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Bantam
    Apr 26, 2022 | 352 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781984818522

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Dell
    Apr 26, 2022 | 384 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9781984818539

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Large Print | $31.00
    Published by Random House Large Print
    Nov 23, 2021 | 416 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780593505038

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Bantam
    Oct 26, 2021 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781984818515

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 26, 2021 | 552 Minutes | ISBN 9780593452745

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    CD | $45.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Nov 16, 2021 | 540 Minutes | ISBN 9780593452738

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    Praise for Better Off Dead
     
    “The mixture of brute-force and intellectual problem-solving is just right.”—Booklist

    “Smart writing, vivid action scenes, and dramatic twists mark this seamless effort. Even those for whom this is their first Reacher novel will be clamoring for more.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
     
    “Lee Child and Andrew Child return for another jointly written Reacher adventure. . . . Andrew Child smoothly slips into the signature minimalist prose of the iconic series, picking up just where his brother leaves off, for a book that should please old stalwarts and new fans alike.”—CrimeReads
     
     
    Praise for the Jack Reacher series

    “The truth about Reacher gets better and better. . . . This series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

    “Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of. I read every one as soon as it appears.”—Ken Follett

    “Reacher is the stuff of myth. . . . One of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes.”—The Washington Post

    “I’m a fan.”—James Patterson

    “The Reacher novels are easily the best thriller series going.”—NPR

    “Reacher is a man for whom the phrase moral compass was invented: His code determines his direction. . . . You need Jack Reacher.”—The Atlantic

    “I pick up Jack Reacher when I’m in the mood for someone big to solve my problems.”—Patricia Cornwell

    “[A] feverishly thrilling series . . . You can always count on furious action.”—Miami Herald

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