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When you order Never Go Back, the 18th book in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, you'll receive a double pass to see the film! *While stocks last. Read more

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Christmas is almost here and for three lucky winners their Christmas will come earlier than expected with a copy of Personal signed by Lee Child. Are you a winner? Drum roll please… All you had to do to go in the draw was order any book in the Jack Reacher series. The lucky winners are… T.Stonehouse, Warwick, QLD A.Carrol, Tweed Heads, NSW A.Loschiavo, Box Hill South, VIC Personal Jack Re... Read more

Jack Reacher is back this September for another high octane adventure in Personal, Lee Child’s 19th book in the bestselling series. Little is known of the plot, with Child writing a short teaser on his Facebook page last week: Someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. This time, it’s personal.... Read more

‘It’s said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds somewhere in the world… Lee Child’s genius has been to create a tough guy hero that men will envy and women will adore’ Daily Express. By addictive bestseller Lee Child, the brand new, action-packed, high-tension Jack Reacher thriller, which sees Reacher, at the end of his long journey, honing in on his target i... Read more

Nebraska – and Jack Reacher, huge, hulking and with a freshly busted nose, is still trying to hitch a ride east to Virginia. He’s picked up by three strangers – two men and a woman. Immediately he knows they’re all lying about something – and then they run into a police roadblock on the highway. But they get through. Because the three are innocent? Or because the t... Read more

I had promised to post a new set of three authors offering writing tips every Friday evening but this is the second third fourth time in a row I have forgotten to do so. Hmmm… Maybe I should just promise to post every Saturday? Or even better, forgo the promise… I know what I’ll do. New announcement: I have long thought the advice offered to aspiring writers in answer to quest... Read more

Worth Flying For – Tuesday, 23 November 2010 A man walks into a mystery convention…. Okay, so you enjoy reading the Reacher novels. This fictional character is tall and heavy, I’m tall and heavy, he’s blonde with blue eyes, so am I, he was a cop of sorts for thirteen years and mustered out of the army as an officer, I’m still in the army as an officer and have been a cop... Read more