Reacher : the stories behind the stories

Child, Lee, author.

First edition.

Book

New York : The Mysterious Press, [2025]

©2025

xiii, 221 pages ; 20 cm

"After making his debut in 1997's Killing Floor, Jack Reacher has quickly become one of the most popular--and most enduring--fictional heroes to emerge in the past half century. Now, his creator tells the stories behind the stories. These are the origin tales of all of the Reacher novels written solely by Lee Child, chock full of colorful anecdotes and intriguing inspirations. One by one, they expand upon each novel and place it in the context not only of the author's life, but of the world outside the books. And taken together, they chart the rise of an action icon, from Killing Floor to 2019's Blue Moon. An afterword by crime fiction expert and bookseller Otto Penzler considers the importance of the character and novels in the canon of contemporary crime fiction. This volume also includes an original Reacher short story--the first new Reacher appearance entirely written by Lee Child since 2019"-- Dust jacket flap.

Child, Lee.

Child, Lee. Jack Reacher novel -- Authorship.

Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character)

Fiction -- Technique.

Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.

Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Anecdotes.

Authorship -- Anecdotes.

Suspense fiction -- Authorship -- Anecdotes.

Suspense fiction -- Authorship.

Suspense fiction -- Technique.

Crime -- Fiction.

Autobiographies.

Literary criticism.

Essays.

Short stories.

Penzler, Otto, writer of afterword.

Container of (work): Child, Lee. Better place.

Introduction / by Lee Child -- Killing floor (1997) -- Die trying (1998) -- Tripwire (1999) -- Running blind (2000) -- Echo burning (2001) -- Without fail (2002) -- Persuader (2003) -- The enemy (2004) -- One shot (2005) -- The hard way (2006) -- Bad luck and trouble (2007) -- Nothing to lose (2008) -- Gone tomorrow (2009) -- 61 hours (2010) -- Worth dying for (2010) -- The affair (2011) -- A wanted man (2012) -- Never go back (2013) -- Personal (2014) -- Make me (2015) -- Night school (2014) -- The midnight line (2017) -- Past tense (2018) -- Blue moon (2019) -- A better place -- Afterword / by Otto Penzler.

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