Bad Luck and Trouble: A Reacher Novel
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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 ancient friends . . . and the people he once trusted with his life.
Reacher is the essential loner–no phone, no ties, no take up. But a woman from his ancient military unit has establish him using a signal only the eight members of their elite team would know. Then she tells him a terrifying tale 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 additional comrades. But Reacher won’t give up–because in a world of terrible luck and distress, when a name targets Jack Reacher and his team, they’d better be ready for what comes right back at them.Amazon.com Review
Ex-military cop Jack Reacher is the perfect antihero–tough as nails, but with a brain and a conscience to match. He’s able to see what most miss and is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Each book in Lee Child’s smart, addictive series (The New York Times has referred to it as “pure escapist gold”) follows the wandering warrior on a new adventure, building it simple to start with any book, including his latest gem, Terrible Luck and Distress. But, be forewarned…once you meet Jack Reacher, you’ll be hooked, so be prepared to stock up on the series. –Daphne Durham
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A Note from Lee Child
Two years ago I was on a book tour, promoting that year’s new Jack Reacher novel, One Shot. One particular night, the event was held in a tiny town outside of Chicago. The date was June 21st. As I was giving my talk and answering questions and signing books, that date was nagging away at the back of my mind. I knew it had some significance. I ongoing panicking–had I forgotten my anniversary? No, that’s in August. My wife’s birthday? No, that’s in January. My own birthday? No, that’s in October.
Then suddenly I remembered–it was ten years to the day since I had been fired from my previous job. That was why and how I had become a writer. That night in Illinois was a ten-year anniversary of a different sort, to some extent bittersweet.
And ten is a nice round number. So I ongoing thinking about my ancient colleagues. My workmates, my followers. We had been through a lot together. I ongoing to marvel where they all were now. What were they doing? Were they doing well, or struggling? Were they pleased? What did they look like now? Pretty soon I was into full-on nostalgia mode. Ten-year anniversaries can do that to a person. I reflect we all share persons kind of feelings, about high school, or college, or ancient jobs we’ve quit, or ancient towns we’ve stirred away from.
So I chose to make this year’s Jack Reacher book about a reunion. I chose to throw him back among a bunch of ancient colleagues that he hadn’t seen for ten years, people that he loved fiercely and respected deeply. Regular Reacher readers will know that he’s a pretty self-confident guy, but I wanted him to wobble just a small this time, to compare his choices with theirs, to measure himself against them.
The renewed get-together isn’t Reacher’s own choice, though. And it’s not a standard-issue reunion, either. Something very terrible has happened, and one of his ancient team-members from the army contacts him, by an ingenious method (it’s hard to track Reacher down). She gives him the terrible news, and questions him to do something about it. He says, “Of course I’ll do something about it.”
“No,” his friend says. “I mean, I want you to place the ancient unit back together.”
It’s an irresistible invitation. Wouldn’t we all like to do that, sometimes? –Lee Child
Secrets of the Series: A Q&A with Lee Child
Q: Why do you reflect readers keep coming back to your novels?
A: Two words: Jack Reacher. Reacher is a drifter and a loner with a strong sense of justice. He shows up, he acts, he moves on. He’s the type of hero who has a long literary history. Robin Hood, the Lone Ranger, Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings, Jack Reacher–they’re all part of the same heroic family tree. Reacher just ratchets it up a notch. Maybe more than a notch. Why is he so appealing? Most regularly people say to me it’s his sense of justice; he will do the right thing. Even though there is no reward in it for him, even though there is regularly a high cost to be paid by him, he will permanently try to do the right thing and people find that reassuring in today’s world when not too many people are doing the right thing.
Q: Jack Reacher gets compared to James Bond, Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne, each of whom now has a “face.” In a movie, which actor do you reflect could fill Reacher’s shoes?
A: That’s the toughest question. The thing about Reacher is he’s huge; he’s 6′5″ tall and about 250 pounds. There aren’t any actors that size–actors tend to be tiny. So we aren’t going to find a physical facsimile for Reacher because there aren’t any. We have to find a name who is capable of looking huge on the screen. Many people have said to me a young Clint Eastwood would have been perfect–we need a name like that who has the vibe of a huge intimidating man. Hopefully there will be somebody available like that. It’s also a question of finding somebody ready to sign up for more than one movie. They want to make a franchise, minimum of three, and that makes it a small bit harder.
Q: What research is involved in writing one of your tales?
A: My research is all kind of backwards. I don’t go to the public library for three months and take notes in advance; as a replacement for my best research is by remembering and adapting. I read, travel, and talk to people just for the fun of it, filing away these appealing small snippets to the back of my mind and eventually they float to the surface and get used. The problem is, I approach writing the book with the same excitement and impatience that I hope the reader is going to feel about reading it. But even so, I need a certain measure of technical intrigue in the tale. There is point research I have to do as I go along, anything that’s a tiny detail; a car, a gun, a type of bullet. I will check that out at the time. But, that’s what I call the detail–the broad stuff is the stuff I already know.
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 Tripwire |
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 Echo Burning |
 Lacking Fail |
 Persuader |
 The Enemy |
 One Shot |
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I’m only a third through the book, and I’m a die hard Jack Reacher fan, but, this will be the last one I will probably buy. In the first third of the book he has bashed Christians and promoted PETA. Unlike the leader, I was really in the military and am currently a cop, with everything from undercover narcotics to SWAT under my belt. I have yet to meet any cops or military that would bash the Bible and promote PETA. So from now on I’ll be reading his books in the bookstore and not buying them.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
One row of a large bookcase in my library WAS filled with Lee Child books. I have every one and have loved them. But Terrible Luck and Distress was a very disturbing book. Reacher has been a wandering hero in many of the earlier novels. Not so, in this one. He has become a cold-blooded murderer just as evil as the prey he stalks. I find small redeeming qualities in this book and have relegated the Lee Child books in my collection to the garage sale box. P.s. I like Alaska Airlines. You might want to really read some of persons scriptures, Mr Child. I hope the Jack Reacher we knew before, can return.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The tale is way too simple and way too predictable. No twists. No intrique. Hero wins, gets girl and treasure. YAWN!
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This was my first (and last) Jack Reacher tale. The guy is an arrested adolescent, with 1960’s thoughts about living a life unencumbered by possessions, taking idiotic chances in implausible situations. He leads a band of allies who are said to be the best and brightest, but who show total devotion to their leader, the dimmest of losers.
The narrative is divided into fleeting chapters, each meant to place the reader panting to find out what happens next. What does take place next is another tedious description of Los Angeles traffic and highways: much of it has all the excitement of your car’s GPS guidance system.
When we get to the action parts, we descend to cartoon adventure. For example, a secure, fortress-like installation is built with fences low enough and close enough that the hero can assault it with homemade Molotov cocktails.
This is the sort of book we end up reading while waiting for Nelson DeMille to produce more of the real thing.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I just finished Terrible Luck and Distress and while it was entertaining, it wasn’t predictable Jack Reacher. This new establish algebraic skill and the concentration on it was dull. My appeal to the reacher character was the attributes of his physical abilities along with his very black and white viewpoints. He’s getting a small soft around the edges now and seemed to be a lot less confident. Please bring back the self-assured Jack Reacher of ancient.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5