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Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he’s moved from place to place…without family…without possessions…without commitments. And without fear. Which is good, because trouble—big, violent, complicated trouble—finds Reacher wherever he... read more
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Characters edit
- Jack Reacher: Ex-military cop. The man with just a toothbrush, an expired passport, an ATM, clothes and nothing more.
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- Duffy: DEA Agent
- Villanueva: DEA Agent
- Dann
- Fenster
- Blick
- Eliot: DEA AGent
- Mann
- Wasser
- Susan Duffy: U.S. Federal Drug Enforcement Agent. Was in an affair with Reacher.
- Elizabeth Beck: Wife of the man that Reacher had planned to work for.
- Francis Xavier Quinn: Former Military Intelligence Agent
- Mauer
- Sie
- Duke: Ex Military, private security. Weightlifter, steroid user.
- Meer
- Terry Villanueva: Old-school fed who works with the team Reacher joins in order to track Quinn.
- Felsen
- Boden
- Geld
- Bett
- Frasconi: Military Police Officer
- Zimmer
- Norden
- Frau
- Steven Eliot: U.S. Federal Drug Enforcement Agent.
- Tisch
- Waffe
- Stelle
- Griff
- Reacher
- Richard Beck: Zachary Elizabeth Beck's son
- Leibwächter
- Luft
- Ende
- Rolle
- Tage
- Steuer
- Osten
- Sohn
- Schulter
- Patrone
- John Chapman Duke: Head of security for Beck.
- Knie
- Kammer
- Paulie
- Dominique Kohl: A woman from Reacher's military past. She was a subordinate and her memory is one of the main driving forces in Reacher's quest for revenge.
- Teresa Daniel: Undercover agent
- Anthony Frasconi: Kohl's partner, a man who can follow orders, but isn't one to come up with his own plans.
- Gorowski: Military. Used in an investigation. Would do anything to protect his family.
- Harley: Works for Xavier Exports
- Zachary Beck: import-export Oriental rugs dealer; suspected of importing drugs.
- Angel Doll: One of Beck's men
- Powell
- Lincoln
- Emily Smith: Xavier's office manager
- Chris Maden: Half of a catering company. Incidental character.
- Paul Keast: Half of a catering company. Incidental character.
- Teresa Justice: Undercover agent for FBI
- Calhoun
- Leon Garber: Jack's mentor
- Xavier: Quinn's middle name
- Francis Xavier Quinn
- Paul Revere
- O. F. Mossberg
- Dom
Quotes edit
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“Because I always wanted to be a cop. But I was predestined for the military. Family background, no choice at all. So I became a military cop.”
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“I don't really care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.”
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I don’t really care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.”
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Revising objectives is smart because it stops you throwing good money after bad.
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So they would raise their crystal glasses of fine French wine and toast bloody wars and dread diseases, because a casualty further up the chain of command was their only way to get ahead. Brutal, but that’s how it’s always been, in the military.
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“Here’s to bloody wars and dread diseases,”
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In my experience tiredness causes more foul-ups than carelessness or stupidity put together. Probably because tiredness itself creates carelessness and stupidity.
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Even though everybody hates us and nobody helps us and nobody thanks us afterward. I think doing the right thing is an end in itself. It has to be, really, doesn’t it?”
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any structure that has a ranking system tempts you to try to climb it.
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What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. He thought JFK had said it. I thought it was actually Friedrich Nietzsche, and he said destroy, not kill. What doesn’t destroy us makes us stronger.
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Never ever get distracted from the exact job in hand. Of course, proverbs are like that generally. Too many cooks spoil the broth, many hands make light work, great minds think alike, fools never differ.
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KILLING FLOOR DIE TRYING TRIPWIRE RUNNING BLIND ECHO BURNING
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First Sentence edit
The cop climbed out of his car exactly four minutes before he got shot.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 15
Series & Lists edit
This is book 7 of 20 in Jack Reacher. (standard series)
Preceded by Without Fail, and followed by The Enemy.
This is book 7 of 20 in Jack Reacher (Reading Order). (standard series)
Preceded by Without Fail, and followed by One Shot.
This is book 30 of 121 in Znanje - Knjiga dostupna svima. (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0385336667
Page Count: 342
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0385336667
Page Count: 342
Awards edit
- CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award (Finalist, 2003)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3553.H4838 P4 2003
- Dewey: 813.54
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