Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
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Bad Luck and Trouble
A Jack Reacher Novel

Author: Lee Child

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 12 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2007


Synopsis

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • The inspiration for season two of the hit streaming series Reacher!

“Electrifying . . . this series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

From a helicopter high above the California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. On the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher is pulled out of his wandering life and plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends . . . and the people he once trusted with his life.

Reacher is the ultimate loner—no phone, no ties, no address. But a woman from his old military unit has found him using a signal only the eight members of their elite team would know. Then she tells him a terrifying story about the brutal death of a man they both served with. Soon Reacher is reuniting with the survivors of his team, scrambling to unravel the sudden disappearance of two other comrades. But Reacher won’t give up—because in a world of bad luck and trouble, when someone targets Jack Reacher and his team, they’d better be ready for what comes right back at them.

About Lee Child

English Author Jim Grant (Pen Name) “Lee Child”, was born in 1954 in Coventry, England UK. His most notable writings are the Jack Reacher series novels. Beginning with his first novel, Killing Floor, each of his work follows a former American military policeman, Jack Reacher who wanders throughout the United States.

Grant (Child) studied law at the University of Sheffield, but knew he had no intention of practicing law. After graduating, he worked in commercial television. He worked in that venue until 1995. A fun fact is that he chose Reacher for his main characters name, because he himself is tall and his wife once said, “If this “writing thing” does not work out, you could always be a Reacher in a supermarket.” Grant (Child) describes his books as revenge stories-“somebody does a very bad thing, and Reacher takes revenge.” In 2012, his novel “One Shot”, was adapted into a film called “Jack Reacher”, starring Tom Cruise.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jade on January 16, 2022

In this awesome Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, Reacher reunites with some old of his MPs from the Special investigation until to investigate what happen to one of their teammates. Reacher does what he good at. This was another great Lee Child audio listen to!!......more

Goodreads review by Suz on June 24, 2022

You do not mess with the special investigators. I love listening to this series on audio. The narrator Lee Harding is outstanding. Suits the series in a crazy good way. There were many impressive quotes that had I not been driving, I would have slowed the pace and captured them in words. He morph......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 14, 2023

This is the second Jack Reacher novel I've read as part of stack of them given to me for Christmas by a family member. Like the previous one, Jack Reacher #10, this one, #11 was a fun ride of mystery solving, action, intrigue, and adventure. As such, I'm rating it 4-stars, albeit with some caveats t......more

Goodreads review by James on November 07, 2020

The eleventh entry in the Jack Reacher series opens with a man being thrown out of a helicopter three thousand feet over the California desert. Shortly thereafter, Jack Reacher receives a rather innovative call for help from Frances Neagley, who was once a member of an elite Army team headed by Reac......more

Goodreads review by Clare on March 05, 2008

Dear god, the sentences get shorter and shorter as this series goes on, and Reacher gets more and more tremendous!! I love the way he tells us so much with so little to go on, and the way that he's always one step ahead - and the reader loves it! (well, I do) I like the author's style but I can imag......more


Quotes

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


Awards

  • Gumshoe Award