The Affair - Lee Child

The Affair

By Lee Child

  • Release Date: 2011-09-27
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 4,723 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997.
 
A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A cover-up. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington.
 
Reacher is ordered undercover to find out everything he can and then to vanish. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, Reacher meets local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux, who has a thirst for justice and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust each other, they reluctantly join forces. Finding unexpected layers to the case, Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission—and turn him into a man to be feared.

Don’t miss Lee Child’s short story “Second Son” and a sneak peek of his new novel, A Wanted Man, in the back of the book.

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Latest Impressions

  • The Prequel

    4
    By Nike Athlete
    This should have been the first book written but here we are. We finally get to hear why Reacher is the way he is. As always, too much description of stuff but thank goodness it is written in the First Person. When Child writes as Reacher in the Third Person it is way worse. Oh well, on to the next one.
  • Great

    5
    By asbromski
    Awesome Reacher adventure and close to the best.
  • A fun read, riddled with questions and suspenseful to the very end!

    5
    By DWFREIDELL
    Another Child masterpiece! One of his best,
  • Great Book!!!

    5
    By TNT 43094
    Look forward to reading the next Reacher book in the wonderful series.
  • My favorite

    5
    By Jake 42
    I just reread The Affair. It’s your best in my opinion.. You need to bring Devaro back. They work well together! Thanks for my favorite character. Jack would have made a great Marine. Jake K
  • Army Life

    5
    By ArptOpns
    Mister Child’s view of the army is somewhat bent. Hopefully it is only for the book. However, when it was force reduction time back in the 90’s, it was brutal. Many good soldiers got the boot because of Force Reduction, as they called it. I retired in 92, thank god, but some of my friends got the boot. We loved our service as we loved our country.
  • One of Child’s Best

    5
    By dbear601
    Pure Reacher. Excellent story and well written.
  • Good book

    4
    By PRT67
    Good book
  • The End of The Beginning

    5
    By DLJMN
    A great story of how Reacher moves from soldier to civilian in the only way he knows how. His way.
  • The Affair

    5
    By jean stockwell
    Excellent storytelling. A real page turner. Characters well developed to hold your interest.