• Without Fail

  • Jack Reacher, Book 6
  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Dick Hill
  • Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (9,114 ratings)

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Without Fail

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

The best-selling novel featuring the "wonderfully epic hero" (People) who inspired the hit film Jack Reacher.

Skilled, stealthy, and anonymous, Jack Reacher is the perfect man for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. Theoretically. The head of a high-level Secret Service security detail wants Reacher to find the holes in her system - and fast. A group of desperate men already has the vice president in its sights. And it will stop at nothing to realize its objective.

The assassins have planned well. But they never planned on Jack Reacher.

See Jack Reacher now in his first major motion picture!

©2015 Lee Child (P)2015 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"If Without Fail doesn’t hook you on Lee Child, I give up.” (The New York Times)

“A stunner...The suspense becomes nearly unbearable." (Booklist)

“The best thriller writer of the moment.” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times)

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As Usual

Another solid book from Child and another excellent read through by Hill. Hill makes these books come alive!

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Not his best

Not his best, but if you’re a Reacher fan you’ll still have to listen. Dick Hill does a horrible job with the narration.

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Good book, Reacher fans will be happy.

After the snooze fest of Echo Burning, I was happy to get back to the Reacher I've come to enjoy.

I like the detail and protocol of the series.

For my tastes, Dick hill reads too slow. I listen to him at 1.25x and find it sounds quite normal.

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Reacher takes care of business as usual

This was my favorite reacher novels so far. I really enjoyed him working with neagley unlike most of the reacher books I’ve read and listened to so far it’s the only one that had him working with one of his past army teammates. My only disappointment was the death of one of the characters, but it made it a better book overall.

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  • 03-15-21

good story

Not a normal Jack Reacher novel but holds your attention and the narrator is good. Like listening to him

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Child is always excellent.

Miss Dick Hill. second time listening to the story but well worth the time. Highly recommend.

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I m a Jack reacher fan. Stories are good!

This one better than echo burning but I love the character and will continue to read them all

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  • 05-10-21

Frolic and Joe

Very good. I was surprised because I believed I'd read it before. The issue Joe or Reacher to Frolic was interesting initially but became confusing to both the characters and the listener. Love Nagley and her badassery. I guess great characters need their hump. Disappointed in the whole bad guy(s) and their back story.

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Story ok but needs more action

More action needed started drowsing a couple of times
More shooting or fighting would have made the story more interesting

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  • LJ
  • 09-09-20

From Washington DC to the grasslands of East Wyoming

Joe haunts Reacher from the past. A Secret Service Contract offer and the rush is on, on into a rising cold storm. Well worthwhile and classic Reacher.

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