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Never Go Back: A Novel Audiobook
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Never go back—but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. . . .
Never Go Back is a novel of action-charged suspense starring “one of the best thriller characters at work today” (Newsweek).
Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had.
Reacher is there to meet—in person—the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone.
But it isn’t Turner behind the CO’s desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with serious criminal consequences, and one too personal to even think about.
When threatened, you can run or fight.
Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C. Metro police, and four unidentified thugs.
Combining an intricate puzzle of a plot and an exciting chase for truth and justice, Lee Child puts Reacher through his paces—and makes him question who he is, what he’s done, and the very future of his untethered life on the open road.
Praise for Never Go Back
“A breathless cross-country spree . . . some of the best, wiliest writing [Lee] Child has ever done . . . Child’s bodacious action hero, Jack Reacher, has already tramped through 17 novels and three e-book singles. But his latest, Never Go Back, may be the best desert island reading in the series. It’s exceptionally well plotted. And full of wild surprises. And wise about Reacher’s peculiar nature. And positively Bunyanesque in its admiring contributions to Reacher lore.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Welcome to the relentless world of Jack Reacher and his impressive tendency to be in the wrong place at the right time. . . . Child has created an iconic character that other thriller writers try to emulate but don’t come close to matching. He has a talent for taking material that in the hands of other authors would be stale and making it seem fresh. . . . Tight and compelling . . . Never Go Back is one of Child’s best novels.”—Associated Press
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"Great Reacher book, "that's for damn sure" This is the 2nd Reacher film story. Looks like they are making ever 9th book into a film! Better get writing Lee! This book brings the last 5 books to a head. When Jack finally meets Susan Turner. "
— Miles (4 out of 5 stars)
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“May be the best desert island reading in the series. It’s exceptionally well plotted. And full of wild surprises. And wise about Reacher’s peculiar nature…Some of the best, wiliest writing [Lee] Child has ever done.”
— New York Times -
A breathless cross-country spree . . . some of the best, wiliest writing [Lee] Child has ever done . . . Child’s bodacious action hero, Jack Reacher, has already tramped through 17 novels and three e-book singles. But his latest, Never Go Back, may be the best desert island reading in the series. It’s exceptionally well plotted. And full of wild surprises. And wise about Reacher’s peculiar nature. And positively Bunyanesque in its admiring contributions to Reacher lore.
— Janet Maslin, The New York Times -
Welcome to the relentless world of Jack Reacher and his impressive tendency to be in the wrong place at the right time. . . . Child has created an iconic character that other thriller writers try to emulate but don’t come close to matching. He has a talent for taking material that in the hands of other authors would be stale and making it seem fresh. . . . Tight and compelling . . . Never Go Back is one of Child’s best novels.
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An adrenaline-charged, action-packed thriller . . . impossible to put down.
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The dialogue has never been sharper. . . . The pages turn themselves.
— San Antonio Express-News -
For the pure pleasure of uncomplicated, nonstop action, no one touches Reacher.
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review) -
Brilliant . . . Child never, ever slips. He keeps the action cranking better than anyone, but, best of all, he keeps us guessing about Reacher.
— Booklist (starred review) -
One of the best in the series.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“Welcome to the relentless world of Jack Reacher…Tight and compelling…Never Go Back is one of Child’s best novels.”
— Associated Press -
“The dialogue has never been sharper or more entertaining. The pages turn themselves.”
— San Antonio Express-News -
“Manhunts on both coasts, a link to corruption in Afghanistan in the wake of the US military drawdown, and the possibility for romance between Reacher and Turner make this entry one of the best in the series.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“Child…keeps us guessing about Reacher…Child has spent seventeen novels committing his hero to the call of the wild, and now he dangles a dinner date and a possible daughter in front of the howling wolf? Brilliant.”
— Booklist (starred review) -
“For the pure pleasure of uncomplicated, nonstop action, no one touches Reacher.”
— Kirkus Reviews
Awards
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A #1 USA Today bestseller
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A #1 New York Times bestseller
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A #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller
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An AudioFile Editors’ Pick, September 2013
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A #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller
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A Washington Post bestseller
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A 2014 International Thriller Writers Award Nominee
Never Go Back Listener Reviews
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Lovestheoutdoors, 6/29/2023
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Valeriy Aksenov, 4/1/2021
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Teresa Bahr, 2/17/2019
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" I can't wait to read the next book. Great series! "
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Robert Moe, 11/17/2014
About Lee Child
Lee Child is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher series and the complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in one hundred territories. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far, based on his novels. He is the recipient of many awards, including the CWA’s Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers’ ThrillerMaster, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award. He is a native of England and a former television director.
About Dick Hill
Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.