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Biographical note
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 including Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.A sequel to the terrific <i>61 Hours</i> (try to read it first)... one of the <b>great storytellers</b> of the thriller genre
The Times
His is an ironclad storytelling ethos, a <b>gift for narrative</b> that <b>grips </b>like the proverbial vice... Reacher, as ever, is sui generis - a violent force for good set down by the author to eliminate evil and move on. But what counts is Child's ability to keep the reader turning the pages. <b>If anyone can put down Worth Dying For after the first few pages, then they shouldn't really be reading thrillers at all</b>
Independent
As a warrior who lacks a car, credit card, phone or weapon of his own, and has no continuing human ties or home, he is even more of a lone, denuded <b>outsider</b> than Lisbeth <b>Salander</b>, the heroine of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Both are <b>avengers</b> who play on our atavistic instincts: when we cheer their <b>lethal</b> justice - if we do - we're acknowledging the pull of a primitive hatred that demands death and can't wait, <b>scornful</b> of the protracted pussyfooting of the law
The Sunday Times
<b>Worth</b> queuing up for
Sun
<b>Explosive</b> as ever
Daily Mirror
Just like Lisbeth <b>Salander</b>, Stieg Larsson's super violent super-genius, Reacher always find a way... Another <b>cracking story</b> from Child, who just seems to get better and better
City A.M.
Forget Tony Blair's memoirs, for most people the new Lee Child is the <b>most anticipated </b>book of the year. And with good reason... this is Child on <b>fine form</b>
Shortlist
A <b>master craftsman</b> of action thrillers. More than just <b>compulsively </b>readable, Mr Child's work shows a perfectly-fashioned understanding of his protagonist, dogged and moralistic. Reacher may get old some time, but he's sure not showing any signs of it
Wall Street Journal
<b>Adrenaline-fuelled </b>adventure... He knows exactly how to <b>press</b> all the buttons... yet another <b>awesome</b> performance
Evening Standard
Reacher is<b> vengeance </b>personified, a walking, fighting revenge fantasy... what he normally chooses to do is right wrongs and defend the weak against the forces of oppression... Characteristically, Child drives the plot like a rally car, a <b>hair-raising ride</b> careering down the route a break-neck speed... Lee Child's loyal fans know only too well that those who enter his Reacher tales have no reason to abandon hope. Quite the opposite and Worth Dying For is no exception
Sunday Express