In Tripwire, Reacher is settling into lazy Key West when his life is interrupted by a stranger who comes looking for him. When the stranger turns up beaten to death in the Old Town cemetery - fingertips removed - Reacher knows whomever the man was working for is not a friend. Reacher follows the trail to New York, where he confronts the people who dispatched the dead man: an elderly couple still mourning an all-American son lost in Vietnam; an alluring and intelligent woman from Reacher's own haunted past; and at the center of the web, an opponent more vicious than any he's ever faced.
Lee Child drops listeners inside a zone of suspense protected by tripwires--warning devices that alert their makers of intruders. The taut, carefully orchestrated thriller is Child's third featuring ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. Narrator Dick Hill presents an astute audio portrait of the tough, complex hero with a penchant for trouble he didn't ask for. Hill read both Child's DIE TRYING and KILLING FLOOR and his familiarity with Jack Reacher and his macho combination of heroism and good-heartedness make the listener feel just as comfortable with this intriguing series. The rich, gritty characters provide Hill with ample opportunity to make sound portraits. He's brilliant at offering the ebb and flow of danger and suspense. Talking with Lee Child, AUDIOFILE discovered the author's theatrical background in commercial TV and voice work. He takes a true professional interest in his audiobooks, but doesn't want to jump right in and read them himself. He's not even tempted, and, as he notes, his British accent isn't right at all for the solidly American characters. Child admires Dick Hill's performances and says he's gratified to have such a qualified narrator to deliver his books into audio. Listeners will likely agree. Hill captures the essence of each character yet never neglects the rich texture of detail in the narrative. Not to mention the highly charged suspense--there's no chance of missing that. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
About the Author
LEE CHILD is the author of ten Jack Reacher thrillers, including the New York Times bestsellers Persuader, the Barry Award Winner The Enemy, and One Shot, which has been optioned for a major motion picture by Paramount Pictures. His debut, Killing Floor, won both the Anthony and the Barry Awards for Best First Mystery. Foreign rights in the Jack Reacher series have sold in thirty-nine territories. Child, a native of England and former television writer, lives in New York City, where he is at work on his eleventh Jack Reacher thriller.
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