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Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel, Book 13
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Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel, Book 13

Written by Lee Child

Narrated by Dick Hill

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn't.

In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice-and trigger an electrifying chain of events in this gritty, gripping masterwork of suspense by #1 New York Times bestseller Lee Child.

Susan Mark was the fifth passenger. She had a lonely heart, an estranged son, and a big secret. Reacher, working with a woman cop and a host of shadowy feds, wants to know just how big a hole Susan Mark was in, how many lives had already been twisted before hers, and what danger is looming around him now.

Because a race has begun through the streets of Manhattan in a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. Susan Mark's plain little life was critical to dozens of others in Washington, California, Afghanistan . . . from a former Delta Force operator now running for the U.S. Senate, to a beautiful young woman with a fantastic story to tell-and to a host of others who have just one thing in common: They're all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or maybe just enough to get him killed.

In a novel that slams through one hairpin surprise after another, Lee Child unleashes a thriller that spans three decades and gnaws at the heart of America . . . and for Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, it's a mystery with only one answer-the kind that comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye.

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Release dateMay 19, 2009
ISBN9780739340721
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Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel, Book 13
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Lee Child

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. www.LeeChild.com  

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A Jack Reacher -novel as good or as bad as every other Reacher -book. Reacher is a "man that every man wants to be and a man that every woman wants to sleep with". These are adult fairy tales. But Child writes well and every chapter ends with a cliffhanger. So perfect reading for plane, train or bus. And furthermore, when you have read the book you can just leave it for he next reader who wants to get his adrenaline doze, Like Reacher you don't ever wnat to come back.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Starts with a suspected suicide bomber then gets a little more complicated!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A complete popcorn read. I mean you have to immediately not think too hard about how Reacher constantly stumbles into these major conspiracies. It moves fast and furious. I do wish authors would stop the stupid cliche of having a villain drop their gun and fight hand to hand. Really, I don't think so. They are terrorists they are just going to shoot you.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Jack outwits Al Queda, Homeland Security, FBI, and NYPD finding out why a woman killed herself on a subway car (as he watched).
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Maybe it was because this was written in the first person, but I liked it a lot more than the other Reacher thrillers I've read (Killing Floor, A Wanted Man). The characters were interesting and I couldn't always guess what they might do. Several months after reading it, I can still recall elements of the plot and the emotions they evoked. This, to me, is a sign of a good book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Yes, it is our hero, the inimitable Jack none Reacher, once again! And once more he is the wrong guy, in the wrong place at the wrong time.... or is he actually, by happenstance, the right guy in the right place at the exact right time? As he continues his rolling stone journey through life he opens up a huge can of worms, in of all places, a NYC subway car, with possible national security implications. As a result he is soon neck deep in in suicide, murders, internecine law enforcement feuds, international politics and terrorists. Using his prodigious skills of observation, analysis, and a knowledge about how the world, and individuals, really function, he does what he does best - solve the problems, find the bad guys, open up a colossal can of whoop ass, and set things right. Lee Child, as he always does, hooks you early and ensures you stay for the whole ride - you find yourself eager to read the next page to find out what Reacher see and knows, that no one else has yet figured out. Great fun read!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This effort was reasonably entertaining as Reacher works go. A lot of bad guys were wasted in this NYC travelogue. Not sure I ever did understand what the two women terrorists were attempting to accomplish or why the government employee committed suicide?
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another great tale! I love it most when I can’t guess the ending!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Jack and lee at hotel. :) Government scandal
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Gone Tomorrow sees Reacher back in New York City once again, caught up in yet another secret military cover-up and a pair of female terrorists. Another quick read that doesn't require undivided attention, and thus moves into the finished pile long before other books started earlier.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Jack Reacher stumbles on his latest story late at night on a New York subway. I love this guy and I love these stories and this one was no different. I can't wait for the next one.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A travel book. It was supposed to last for casual reading in the evening. But, could not put it down, and barely stop at all over a day and a half. Blew right thru it. Strange, exceptionally extreme terrorists, and Jack Reacher saving the world from itself and the terrorists!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This just pulled me in and dragged me along to the finish!!! Good stuff!!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked this one for its setting - NYC. Pretty consistent with Reacher's character, though it was a bit of as stretch of how Reacher became involved in the issues of this plot - that seemed a bit forced. But enjoyed it overall.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was good but a little too long in places. Sometimes the detail wore me out. But overall a great read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked this one for its setting - NYC. Pretty consistent with Reacher's character, though it was a bit of as stretch of how Reacher became involved in the issues of this plot - that seemed a bit forced. But enjoyed it overall.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another good installment in the Jack Reacher series. Whilst this one starts a little differently with Reacher already in situ rather than drifting about, it nonetheless is the familiar format of problem crosses his path, Reacher becomes unreasonably attached to solving said problem, action ensues.Does that make it dull? Not by any means, it's different enough to the prior books that it doesn't feel like it's a rehashed formula format, but rather feels like a new adventure as Reacher battles a variety of adversaries, some within his own government.Overall, it's a pretty enthralling read with some nice twists in the story line as things unfold.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book had more twist and grabbed your attention from the very beginning. You had to follow to see how the story unfolded.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Slow getting started for me, but around page 120, it really picked up and was hard to put down. What kept me from really liking it was the main character, Jack Reacher. Yes, I realize this is like the 13th Reacher books, so I'm probably one of the few who don't like him, but he is so arrogant and cocky. It was hard for me to like him.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This one's hard to review because any little detail I reveal might turn out to spoil a surprise for someone. I will say this was an exciting, satisfying read. Much more like his earlier Reacher books that got us hooked. Once you get past a certain point in the book, there's no good stopping point. You just have to keep reading right on through. Don't expect perfect plausibility. It's a thriller, so let yourself go and enjoy! There are even a few good laughs along the way. The thing about the rubber gardening clogs had me cackling. Jack Reacher witnesses a late-night tragedy involving a woman on a New York subway. He is approached by various people who know he was a witness. They ask him questions that make no sense to him, and he decides to figure out why the woman did what she did on the subway. Stubborn and arrogant as ever, Reacher refuses to back off regardless of the danger level. It's an elaborate cat and mouse game through the streets and subways of New York City. Who's the cat and who's the mouse remains to be decided as the story progresses. There's only one small thing left unrevealed at the end that I really wanted to know. We can only hope it will be revealed in a future installment.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another Jack Reacher book! I've randomly listened to these mixed through the series and I've enjoyed listening to each and every one of them. Reacher is the guy who says and does the things many of us think should be said and done and he does it well and without remorse. This one is no exception. Jack is riding a train when he notices a woman who ticks off all the signs of a suicide bomber, only to have her just commit suicide. Jack decides to find out why. In so doing he steps into something much larger and more dangerous than anyone was expecting. Being warned off by Federal agents who wouldn't even bother to identify themselves only made him dig in his heals.Once again Reacher is going to come out on top, because that is what he does. He wins, the bad guys lose and everyone is happier for it. Not even Al Qaeda terrorists make him flinch.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    If you have seen my earlier reviews, then you know I am a Lee Child fan. Some of his Jack Reacher novels are better than others, and I found this story of dealing with terrorists in New York a very good page-turner. The reader does wonder how Reacher keeps finding himself in these crazy situations in which he faces corrupt or evil (or both) bad guys and instead of turning and moving on, decides it's his duty to see the issue to the end. Who wins? Well, there are several Reacher novels after this one!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Had one of the best starts to a novel I have ever read. I love the way he figures things out and then just puts it out there like anyone else could have done it when no one else would have. I never watched MacGuyver, in fact I probably didn't even spell it right, but Jack Reacher is my literary MacGuyver. He can do anything!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another great book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Reacher takes on Al Qaeda to protect the past of a congressman.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Any book that takes place in New York gets extra points, and this one had a definite sense of place. Jack Reacher witnessed a late night incident on the subway, and the story progressed from there. Cops, foreign operatives, good guys, bad guys, violence... just an ordinary few days in Reacher's life.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Jack Reacher thinks he has seen a suicide bomber on the New York subway. The choice he makes about how to act goes onto have far reaching consequences. What else can I say apart from it's a Jack Reacher book? It's a great story, well told. It doesn't aspire to be high brow literature, but it is clever and the plot is well executed. If you want a book you can plough through in a couple of days then look no further.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Jack Reacher, Lee Child’s outsider character, represents the Lone Ranger paradox. Can someone save society while refusing to be a full member of it? What is the meaning of the cowboy who rides into town (in Reacher’s case on a subway train rather than a horse), shoots the bad guys and rides on into the sunset?The dénouement of Gone Tomorrow has a revealing exchange between Svetlana Hoth, the novel’s ‘baddie’, and Jack Reacher, whom she has forced at gun-point to strip to his boxers:Svetlana “made a mound of my possessions on the kitchen counter next to the nine loose rounds and the roll of tape. My cash, plus a few coins. My old expired passport. My ATM card. My subway card. … And my clip-together toothbrush.‘Not much,‘ Svetlana said.‘Everything I need,’ I said. ‘Nothing I don’t.’‘You’re a poor man.’‘No, I’m a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.’ ‘The American dream, then. To die rich.’ “(p. 424)Reacher refuses to live the American dream, but is prepared to die to protect it. More precisely, he uses extreme violence to protect it. This moral ambiguity hung over the book as I read it. No doubt it’s beautifully written. The plot is wonderful. The opening scene in a claustrophobic subway car is full of menace and fear. The pages turn and draw the reader on as Jack Reacher takes on 19 baddies and kills them all. The violence is gory – but not overly so. Reacher presents himself as a necessary evil in post 9/11 America. He is a patriot whose skills in death give him the right to identify and eliminate those who need eliminating for the protection of the rest. As a character, he is incredibly self-aware and makes no claim to be a hero, just a product of his training to be Military Police in the special forces. He is chilling, compelling, and ultimately leaves a bad taste. At one level, I recommend Gone Tomorrow as a brilliantly crafted thriller. Does Lee Child, however, actually create irony across the book, sucking us in to enjoy the story, and then raising dilemmas about effective responses to terrorism? Or is it really just an airport novel with doubtful morals?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Once the plot gets moving (about the point Reacher is taken into custody by Homeland Security agents), this book picks up the usual steam, which it maintains to the finish. I've noticed a political shift in the Reacher books. In the early ones, Reacher seemed skeptical, even resentful of liberal politicians. Now his resentment seems to be turned the other way, although he never shows a particular affinity for any politician or philosophy. But around the tenth book or so, the theme, "WE ARE BEING LIED TO BY THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT" rears its head and maintains its presence through the series.

    Before this book, one was always assured that Reacher would go medieval on the ass of any man or the collective ass of any group of men bad enough to warrant his attention. Now we find that may have been too narrow a classification. Reacher will, it is now clear, go after ANY ass, regardless of sex, race, class, sexual preference, or country of origin.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Frozen pizzas and Battlestar Galactica be damned: Lee Child is my number-one guilty pleasure. I have nothing... NOTHING in common with his musclebound, resourceful, homeless, ex-military protagonist Jack Reacher... so why do i so dedicatedly turn the pages until they're gone?

    I have no answer except that this is read-it-in-one-sitting brain candy of the highest caliber.

    Gone Tomorrow opens with Jack realizing that the woman sitting across from him on the subway perfectly fits the 14-point, visual checklist for a suicide bomber. It then hurtles into the roller coaster of plot twists, surprising allies, and almost-as-smart-as-they-think-they-are bad guys I've come to expect from Mr. Child.

    Don't judge me.



  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Narrated by Jack Reacher himself, this story starts out with Reacher riding a subway in the wee hours of the morning, minding his own business, but keenly observing the other passengers out of habit (He's always going to be ex-military police!) when he notices one of them is acting strange - a woman who fits all the checklist characteristics of a suicide bomber about to push the button.The story veers quickly into classic Reacher action -- He gets involved in the why and who of what happens on the subway train and won't let go of the investigation despite all kinds of discouragement from police, the feds, and an anonymous trio of men on the street outside the police station.Very violent, but fast-paced and exciting. This one was a little too much like the TV show 24 for my taste, but Dick Hill's narration was excellent, as always, and I'm still hooked on this series.