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Better off Dead

Better off Dead

RELEASED 26/10/2021

Jack Reacher returns, in the brand new thriller from bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child. Relentless action, a gripping mystery and a host of evil new enemies who are soon going to learn . . . they'd be better off dead.

Reviews

  • Classic Reacher, great story. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

    Conn Iggulden on THE SENTINEL

  • Thoroughly entertaining . . . it's good to have some of Reacher's brutal certainties back.

    The Times on THE SENTINEL

  • The one man revenge machine seems revitalised. Great stuff.

    Sun on THE SENTINEL

  • The coolest continuing series character.

    Stephen King

  • Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of.

    Ken Follett

  • Everyone needs to kick some butt sometimes, even if it's just imaginary.

    Jojo Moyes

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About the Author

Lee Child

Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Lee Child

Andrew Child

Andrew Child is the author of nine thrillers written under the name Andrew Grant. He is the younger brother of Lee Child. Born in Birmingham, he lives in Wyoming with his wife, the novelist Tasha Alexander.

Andrew Child

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Events

Lee Child and Andrew Child: The Next Chapter, 27th October
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Extracts

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back by Lee Child

Now a major film starring Tom Cruise, read the opening chapters of Lee Child's latest Jack Reacher novel Never Go Back
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Extracts

Personal by Lee Child

In an extract from Lee Child's thriller Personal, Jack Reacher is in Seattle where he is enlisted on a new mission: to Paris

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