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The plane was on descent. Reacher could feel it in his ears. And he could feel abrupt turns. The pil...

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I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they ca...

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They had come for us in the night. Hey had come expecting a lot of blood. They had come with all the...

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Killing Floor

The first day of the rest of my life.

The Affair

It’s always fifty-fifty, Pete. Like tossing a coin. Either I’m wrong, or I’m right, either you bring...

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Never Go Back

People spend thousands of dollars on stereos. Sometimes tens of thousands. There is a specialist ind...

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Killing Floor

I fought to stay awake and keep the car on the road. And I thought back to texts I had read from the...

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People who say "no" right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying "...

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What's the best place to hide a car? In an airport long-term lot. Like where's the best place to hid...

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Like when people say they slept like a baby. Do they mean they slept well? Or do they mean they woke...

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Killing Floor

I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.

Do it once and do it right and do it quickly

It was an article of faith with NCOs [noncommissioned officers] that they were better than their off...

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veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David

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were under the very erroneous impression that we had money. Of

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Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around ...

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Reacher prowled the hallway, his gun stiff-armed way out in front of him, his torso jerking violentl...

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A Wanted Man

As a general rule. it's a comfort issue, literally and metaphorically. And intimacy issue. It's a bi...

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Foreign, for sure. But we all bleed the same color red. No doubt about that. The truth of that state...

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A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, an...

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Resolute, responsible, determined, knowledgeable, and perceptive

A Wanted Man

if you can’t acquaint an opponent with reason, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk.

I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.

Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolu...

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I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.

No cop on earth would call his badge a government identification document. Cops don’t work for the g...

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Both were military. That was clear.Reacher could tell by their haircuts. No civilian barber would be...

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Never Go Back

He liked the electric darkness and the hot dirty air and the blasts of noise and traffic and the man...

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Lee Child

Writer

Born: 1954-10-29

Died: N/A

James D. "Jim" Grant (born 29 October 1954), primarily known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British author who writes thriller novels, and is best known for his Jack Reacher novel series about an American former Military Policeman named Jack Reacher who is wandering the United States in search of redemption.More