• Tripwire

  • Jack Reacher, Book 3
  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
  • Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (15,450 ratings)

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Tripwire

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
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Publisher's summary

Reacher's anonymity in Florida is shattered by an investigator who's come looking for him. But hours after his arrival, the stranger is murdered. Retracing the PI's trail back to New York, Reacher's compelled to find out who was looking for him and why. He never expects the reasons to be so personal - and twisted.

©2005 Lee Child (P)2012 Penguin Audio

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"Brings to mind the knight-errant adventures of John D. McDonald's Travis McGee." (Booklist)

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My favorite so far

Loved it. Great performance. You can’t go wrong with a Reacher novel. Kept me entertained.

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Another epic story by Lee Child!

5 star on everything. Just the right amount of drama and tense anticipation. The narrative was also done well. Waiting for more.

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Another Winner

Jonathan M is excellent and gets us through this very verbose story. It’s a good story with the usual twists and turns. But I think it needs editing down. It’s unnecessarily long!

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"Compelling" is an Understatement

I get Audible books to entertain myself while commuting or doing household chores. This means that I listen to books an hour or so at a time.

This is the second Reacher book which I have listened to pretty much straight through, spending an entire day doing not much else.

One of the things I like best is that as the stories start, Reacher himself doesn't seem to actually know what the mystery is, and he drags us along with him as he gets in deeper and deeper.

I also, um, I can't say "like", I appreciate Child's villains. Tripwire's is the best so far. Powerful, creepy, and appalling.

Going to listen to something else now, I guess. I do have a life to lead. But it's going to be a struggle.

I must add: Outstanding narration from McClain. Entirely free from excessive voice acting and verbal tics, his performance fades into the background and lets us concentrate on Reacher's story. Thank you, sir, for being a transparent conduit. That's a rare talent.

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Solid book.

I liked this one better than the last book. Looking forward to the next in the series.

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The end

This was well done . i could paint the picture perfectly. i was able to be right along side him step by step. It was action packed and kept me guessing until very end. These are the types of stories i like.

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the presentation

love it! speaker is great! like all of them! look forward to many more thanks

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McClain delivers on narration

Other comments had left me with the impression that there was something lacking with McClain’s narration. I think he is better than the original narrator, and his rendition of the villainous Hobie was spot on great. Another fun Reacher adventure with plenty of twists and turns.

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Action and suspense

The story follows Reacher’s path to include risk and romance. Good listen! Recommend the series in order.

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Frequent Listener

I continue the saga of the Jack Reacher series, this one was performed very well by Mr. McClain. I think I read a review that was a little rough on this narrator in the series, I would have to say that Jonathon did an excellent job in my eye. I really like this series, different than a normal cop and robber story line, but still every bit as engaging. I think of this as a Columbo on steriods. A bit odd, but great story lines and character development. Good work.

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