Persuader by Lee Child Summary
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Jack Reacher returns in "Persuader," the critically acclaimed thriller Publishers Weekly deemed "unmissable." Working undercover for the DEA while pursuing personal revenge, Reacher's unique blend of strategic brilliance and explosive action showcases why this series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
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The Ghost from Reacher's Past
The impossible happened on a Boston street corner. Jack Reacher saw a dead man walking-Francis Xavier Quinn, the same man he'd personally shot and watched fall from a cliff into the Pacific Ocean ten years earlier. This ghost from Reacher's past wasn't just any criminal; Quinn was a traitor who'd sold military secrets to Iraqi intelligence and murdered one of Reacher's most promising investigators, Dominique Kohl. Her death had haunted Reacher for a decade, a failure he couldn't forgive himself for. Within hours of spotting Quinn, Reacher finds himself approached by DEA agents with a proposition that crosses every moral line: stage a kidnapping of innocent college student Richard Beck, "rescue" him, and infiltrate the heavily fortified Maine compound of his father, Zachary Beck-a suspected weapons trafficker connected to Quinn. The plan requires Reacher to appear to kill a police officer during the operation, making him a fugitive who needs Beck's protection. The elaborate charade works perfectly. After the "rescue," Beck welcomes Reacher into his fortress-a peninsula jutting into the Atlantic, surrounded by water on three sides and protected by an eight-foot wall topped with razor wire. What begins as a mission to find a missing DEA agent quickly transforms into something far more personal: the chance to finally deliver justice for Dominique Kohl and prevent a massive weapons shipment from reaching terrorist cells across three continents.
Behind Enemy Lines
The Weight of Past Failure
The Ultimate Physical Test
Justice Delivered
The Wandering Knight
The Price of Justice
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