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Nothing to Lose Audio CD – Unabridged, June 3, 2008

by Lee Child (Author), Dick Hill (Reader)

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Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child?s electrifying new novel, Reacher?a man with no fear, no illusions, and nothing to lose?goes to war against a town that not only wants him gone, it wants him dead. It wasn?t the welcome Reacher expected. He was just passing through, minding his own business. But within minutes of his arrival a deputy is in the hospital and Reacher is back in Hope, setting up a base of operations against Despair, where a huge, seething walled-off industrial site does something nobody is supposed to see . . . where a small plane takes off every night and returns seven hours later . . . where a garrison of well-trained and well-armed military cops?the kind of soldiers Reacher once commanded?waits and watches . . . where above all two young men have disappeared and two frightened

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“As I was reading this latest book, I was trying to understand why I like the Reacher series so much….The Jack Reacher books are all revenge fantasies. By the time the reader encounters the first fight, the reader is already mad…. Reacher doesn't go looking for trouble, but trouble usually finds him.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Explosive and nearly impossible to put down.”—People

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (June 3, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0739365894
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0739365892
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.05 x 1.15 x 5.95 inches

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Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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J. meredith

A great Jack Reacher book. must read

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024

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I saw this book had an average 4 star rating, so I read the sample first. I was hooked about 3/4 into the sample. I’ve read about 15 reacher novels and this one is in the top 5-6 for me. It has a good mystery plot, and a satisfying relationship between Reacher and a police officer. This one would be interesting as a movie. In my opinion it is a 5-star.

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wichita lawyer

Not my fave when it 1st came out.

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024

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Slight edge on the bad guys is all Jack needs to prevail! Looking forward to watching Jack grow my 2nd time around. Go Jack! Wichita Lawyer.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024

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After this I have a better feeling for Vietnam deserters even though I served during that war. God bless our soldiers and their families.

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R. Loe

Wish he understood sentence structure

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2022

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Lee Child can weave an interesting tale about Jack Reacher but may drive readers who are familiar with proper sentence structure and use of punctuation to the brink. I know that’s the case for me. I purchased the entire Jack Reacher series of books after seeing the first season of the series. I never would have read so many of his books if I hadn’t already paid for them.
I have often wondered why, with all the money that Lee Child must have brought in from his writing, he can’t seem to afford a staff who will proofread and correct the many mistakes throughout his books. Same goes for his publisher.
I held onto hope with each successive book that he might learn something about writing and make his books easier to read. I hoped, with the addition of his brother on the last couple, that the books would improve but seemed to get only worse. Sometimes, 2 whole pages of back-and-forth banter are written with nothing to occasionally let you know who is speaking, so multiple readings may be needed at times to sort it out. I think almost all, if not all, of the pages have sentences with commas where none are needed, periods where commas are needed, clauses used as sentences, and a new paragraph starting from a clause that belongs in the previous sentence of the preceding paragraph. As I said, hard to read if you understand basic sentence structure.
There are often times where I wish Lee had done one iota of research to get facts right. I refer to passages in the stories where it was apparent that Lee Child had no experience or knowledge; I guess, more or less, the writing is off the top of his head.
Some problems are:
1: He thinks the flashing emergency lights of vehicles in the western states are the same as in much of the New England states (blue on fire trucks and red on police).
2: He didn’t know what the average shoe size in America is actually 10 ½ (stating it as 9)
3: He thinks a large man like Jack Reacher would have what Lee evidently thinks of as a large foot size of 11, instead of something closer to 14 or 15 (I am 6’1” and wear a 13.) I assume Lee has a small foot.
4: Lee has never been near a fast-moving train, thinking there is violent ground movement when the train is even over a mile away and hurricane force winds near one traveling 60 mph.
5: He seems to think that all gas stations and quick marts sell khaki pants and various shirts, packs of socks, and underwear.
6: Jack Reacher can knock anyone unconscious and very often dead with one punch. I can remember only a couple times when it took two.
7: He thinks face bones will “shatter” from a Jack Reacher punch and can knock out a gorilla or even an elephant. Jack also never has injuries to his hand or elbow from such amazing blows.
8: Jack Reacher’s hands are said to be as large as a dinner plate and his fists as large as Thanksgiving turkeys…really?
Yes, his books are hard to read for these and other reasons caused by lack of oversight by his publisher and lack of staff. Please, I hope never to find out he has a staff that lets this stuff through. Good storyteller, other than the lack of research on details and no idea as to sentence/paragraph structure..

Rating would be five for the story.
Won't buy future books

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Lauren

Somewhat different than other Reacher books.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023

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I love the Jack Reacher series. This one was different because he forced himself to get involved for a somewhat flimsy reason. He is hitchhiking west and comes a nice town called Hope CO. He then continues west to a not very nice town, Dispair. He tries to get a cup of coffee in the diner and no one serves him. He then is attacked and run out of town by 3 thugs. The Hope sherrif, the ubiquitous attractive woman for Reacher to sleep with, is at the border. She says it's a company town and they don't like strangers
Of course Reacher keeps going there to find out what's going on. He gets run out of Despair over and over. He runs into the owner of the huge recycling plant and the minister of the town who also owns everything in the town.

It's not obvious why Reacher keeps going there because there is nothing obviously wrong about the town other than they don't like unemployed strangers lurking. He and the Sherrif of Hope keep trying to figure it out and they do in the last 15 pages.

If you like Jack Reacher it's a good story. If you want an exciting mystery you may be disappointed. I do like Jack, but I was unenthused by the flimsy motivation.

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John N Heringer

Great and tense Reacher Novel to the end

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024

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The book was captivating from the start and so many twists and turns culminating in a fabulous 4 to 5 chapter climactic ending.

Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024

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Every Teacher book is good. Most are great! This one leaned more towards great. Ready for the next one. I am actually re reading these. Read them years ago and still loving them.

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Good read, not great.

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023

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This was a good book to read, not a great book, but a good one. I think the subject matter was a stretch to believe and there are several topics that were not mentioned that Reacher knew about that was not included in this book. I don’t know how to explain it but it’s something I think I missed while reading.
I do recommend reading this book. It’s another Reacher saving other people even those not wroth saving.

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