Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher Series #11)

Classic Reacher Novel

Unusual for Jack Reacher but in this story he has a little help from his friends. Great story line delivered in the usual masterpiece. If you like Lee Child`s previous works then you will love this. I am a Reacher fan, if you are too then read Soft Target by Conrad Jones, its a brilliant thriller. I read both these books on holiday and loved every minute of them.

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Above the rest

All of lee childs jack reacher series are great reads but this one is particularly excellent

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Thriller at its best!

Lee Child did it again. Hang on to your butt cuz he takes you for a helluva ride!

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Love this book!

i am a great fann of the Jack Reacher series. He is my favorite character.
the book is easy to read and keeps you interested. Who could not like Jack Reacher?

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Lunas to kilo

Trav is my brother.

Trav

Jury???? Cool!!!! Thanks again bro!!!

Kilo

"Then he will be part of the Jury."

Ria

Darn it. Ok. Wraps her legs around him and kisses him.

Erik

Lays her on bed me on top kissing ur lips sorry gtf ill b on in morning

What we.....

This is what we have come to expect from Mr Child and our hero Jack Reacher. Looking forward to more.

haijia

this is a very good book

Lee child books

Child, books are the hardest books to put down from the first page on. On vacation i stayed in my room for 2 days to finish the book. The kicker is i am not a reader of books in general. I always am waiting for the next release. Keep him tough and the faster the better. Movies about jack reacher i hope come soon. I am 66 and am looking forward to them. But please make him the same type of character he is,big,strong, dicipline to himself,and careing for the underdog. Must be a person like but now to old the lold type cowboy stars that were big in stature, sorry can't think of there names right now, but guys like the rifelman Chuck Connors and another who was a big square shoulder guy who was in the old westerns. He lives in arizona now long retired. Get my point. A star is not needed, but he could become one for sure if the books are followed.

Keeps you guessing, should read

Just about the time you think you have things figured out something happenes and it changes.

Another Great Lee Childs Novel

I love all of the Lee Childs "Jack Reacher" books. This book was no exception. I loved the interaction of his old investigative unit from the Army. Jack Reacher is a great character because I love his independence and attitude to get things done.

As usual, he does a great job writing a story with a lot of twists and turns with a great ending.

I recommend it.

Lee Child is the Man

Lee Child never lets me down always putting Jack Reacher in a life or death situation and keeping you on the edge of your seat till the very end. I love the Jack Reacher series, and I am on my way to completing all of his books. I hope he writes 12 more. Jack Reacher is a guy that you can't help but want on your side and if your a woman, you wish Jack Reacher would show up in your town. Keep'em coming Lee!

Not one of the best Reacher books

Alive but broken, a man is tossed from a helicopter like garbage into the California desert. Big Mistake!

'"You DO NOT Mess with the Special Investigators!"'

That slogan was and still is true of the MP Unit that loaner, drifter, equalizer, avenger Jack Reacher commanded. When Frances Neagley sends him an encrypted call for assistance, Reacher is on his way to find her and the person(s) targeting the Unit for death or disappearance. With a few of the Special Investigators, Reacher applies old fashioned police work to the investigation, rather than bending and making his own set of rules to complete this mission. Why his Unit?

Child leads Reacher, Neagley, and the others through a labyrinth that keeps the reader on the edge of his/her seat most of the time. Though this 11th Reacher installment drags in some places and Jack's intense fascination with numbers almost had me putting BAD LUCK and TROUBLE down a few times, it will not disappoint Lee Child fans - it's just a little different than the prior Reacher books that I tend to like better. Hopefully, Child will pair Jack up with one of the unit in later books.

Frances Neagley has helped Reacher in the past and she is in a different world than he is now, so we'll have to see what Lee Child has up his sleeve for the man who has no address, no ties, or does he? He is loyal to his special investigators and to those in need of his help.

Will Jack Reacher finally grow up and be in this world, loyal to his brother and sister investigators while not quite breaking the Rule of Law to help a distressed person?

Fun and good escape reading. You will become a fan of Jack Reacher

Good Reacher tale with all the usual twists and turns. The action hero( Reacher) never fails to get the bad guys and rough them up . Good relaxing reading.

Well written mystery

Story was well written. Some of details could have been figured out easily by those who read a lot of this style of book. I was pleasantly surprised with the end of the book.

Lee Child is great!

All this series of books is can't put down readable. After the first in the series you can't stop until you have read them all.

Reacher Strikes Again!

Not as good as "One Shot" by a long shot and some previous Jack Reacher novels as well, "Bad Luck and Trouble" is nevertheless a worthy thriller by Lee Child. I wouldn't classify it as one of his best because I prefer Jack Reacher the Loner to Jack Reacher the Groupie. What makes Reacher click with the reader is his effectiveness as a loner. As a member of a team in "Bad Luck and Trouble," he loses this effectiveness and much of his luster as a unique character.

In the novel, Reacher rounds up his old buddies from his military days, which slows down the action to all but a dead stall, and sets out to investigate the disappearance of another of their military comrades. In the process, they discover an international conspiracy. Prior to that, Reacher and his pals roam around Vegas in this outing and have to whack out a thug who is bird-dogging them and bury him in true Vegas fashion under cement, what else, Mafia-style. After all, what would you expect in a city created by Bugsy Siegel?

When all is said and done, this is stilll a fine thriller and well worth the read. If you haven't read a Reacher novel before, however, I would suggest you start with another book in the series, such as, "One Shot," which centers around Reacher the Loner.

--Bryan Cassiday, author of "Fete of Death"

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