• The Hard Way

  • Jack Reacher, Book 10
  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Dick Hill
  • Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (8,687 ratings)

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The Hard Way

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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Publisher's summary

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES THAT INSPIRED TWO MAJOR MOTION PICTURES AND THE STREAMING SERIES REACHER

“The truth about Reacher gets better and better. . . . This series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man who paid it, would do anything to get his family back.

Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And Jack Reacher is the best manhunter in the world.

On the trail of vicious kidnappers, Reacher learns the chilling secrets of his employer’s past . . . and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He knows that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: He’s already in way too deep to stop now. And if he has to do it the hard way, he will.

©2006 Lee Child (P)2914 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“A Reacher novel is the closest thing to guaranteed joy short of a honeymoon.”Rocky Mountain News

“Plenty of suspense writers play the tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold card, but Child is indelibly skillful, quickly sketching intriguing characters as he drops bombshell after bombshell. With its taciturn but engaging hero and almost unbearably prolonged tension, The Hard Way makes reading easy indeed.”The Miami Herald

“In The Hard Way, Reacher is better than ever.”Contra Costa Times

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One of the best detective novels as well as Reacher novels

Hard Way is one of the best, if not the best, of many Reacher novels I’ve listened to. I’m addicted to the Reacher books. Although this one doesn’t have as much fighting action as others, it is one of the best detective novels I’ve read. I really really hope they make a Reacher TV/streaming season of this novel. Maybe they can add a little more Reacher fighting at the end. But it’s a great detective novel. So many twists and turns that don’t add up until the end.

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The Hard Way...So good!

Lee Child does it again and Dick Hill does a great job! Love Jack Reacher!

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Not the best Reacher ending

The story was pretty well developed for the first three quarters of the book; but the end was contrived and seemed like the author was in a hurry to finish.
The narration was wonderful and done in typical Dick Hill fashion.

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An entertaining kidnapping thriller with Reacher

The Hard Way is an entertaining, action packed thriller about a kidnapping and a group of mercenaries. The story has plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader in their toes. The book can be excessively cruel at times, and there is something about the ending that I found unbelievable even in this context. Overall, it’s a good book.

The narrator is the same one who does most of the books in the series. By now, his voice is expected.

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Reacher

Reacher Reacher Reacher!!! Another fast paced well thought out thriller from Lee Child that didn’t disappoint!

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a real homerun for the Reacher Series

Not to be missed. If you haven't heard any Reacher books just start here. Its excellent and required none of the backstory.

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Great story line.

One of the better Reacher story lines. A must read for all fans. Reading in order is key

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One of the best Jack Reacher

Excitement starts at the beginning - sooner than normal. And it goes on to the end.

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worth listening/reading

very good overall. not as much action as some of the previous books, but it makes up for it with interesting detective work and classic Reacher behavior

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love it

I love this book I could not stop listening until the book was finished one of my favorite of the Jack Reacher series

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