Thorndike Press large print top shelf

"Includes a brand new Jack Reacher adventure."

Introduction / by Lee Child -- ESSAYS -- 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) -- NEW REACHER SHORT STORY -- A better place -- Afterword / by Otto Penzler

"From urgent scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 fascinating personal reflections on Lee Child's life and work, crafted across decades. Each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was, psychologically and physically, when he wrote each novel. These reflections were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a behind the scenes, but this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count"--