Night School

By Lee Child

Night School - Lee Child
  • Release Date: 2016-11-07
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 2,626 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incomparable hero of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back takes readers to school in his most explosive novel yet. After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, discover the thrillers that The New York Times calls “utterly addictive.”

It’s 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he’s off the grid. Out of sight, out of mind.

Two other men are in the classroom—an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. Each is a first-rate operator, each is fresh off a big win, and each is wondering what the hell they are doing there.

Then they find out: A Jihadist sleeper cell in Hamburg, Germany, has received an unexpected visitor—a Saudi courier, seeking safe haven while waiting to rendezvous with persons unknown. A CIA asset, undercover inside the cell, has overheard the courier whisper a chilling message: The American wants a hundred million dollars.”

For what? And who from? Reacher and his two new friends are told to find the American. Reacher recruits the best soldier he has ever worked with: Sergeant Frances Neagley. Their mission heats up in more ways than one, while always keeping their eyes on the prize: If they don’t get their man, the world will suffer an epic act of terrorism.

From Langley to Hamburg, Jalalabad to Kiev, Night School moves like a bullet through a treacherous landscape of double crosses, faked identities, and new and terrible enemies, as Reacher maneuvers inside the game and outside the law.

Praise for Night School

“The prose is crisp and clean, and the fighting is realistic. . . . This latest installment has all the classic ingredients: a great setting (Hamburg), a good villain, and a mystery that draws you in efficiently, escalates unpredictably, and has a satisfying resolution.”The New Yorker
 
“Another timely tour de force . . . The taut thriller is textbook [Lee] Child: fast-paced and topical with a ‘ripped from the headlines’ feel.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
 
“As gripping as ever.”The Florida Times-Union

Praise for #1 bestselling author Lee Child and his Jack Reacher series

“Reacher [is] one of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes.”—The Washington Post

Reviews

  • Not the best of the Reacher books

    2
    By Richcola1452
    Too much detail and hard to imagine the descriptions of the surrounding areas described. Also, the gratuitous sex with beastiality was so unlike Reacher books and totally unnecessary. It added nothing to the plot. Very disappointing of the authors.
  • Another Back Story

    4
    By Nike Athlete
    We go back in time. I do not keep up with the official “Reacher Timeline” but this takes place prior to him leaving the Army. I liked the story. The intimacy scenes are “new” as in Child does not write them this way previously. Kinda scary this could have happened. All due to a clerical error.
  • Riveting

    5
    By chicken reader
    Very riveting and well written.
  • I figured it out.

    5
    By ArptOpns
    Since I am of a later version of that era, I figured out what the “Treasure” was about 60% thru the book. The scary part is, it was a very realistic possibility for this to happen. Happy for the bullet to the head. Maybe this needs to happen in todays world. Too many people wanting power. Thank you Lee.
  • Not bad

    5
    By Ambiz5
    Reacher doesn’t have clear directions because he is not alone. Working with a team limits the action. But I enjoyed the journey. Thanks.
  • Maybe the best ever

    5
    By Sittingbull strongbear
    Loved this one. Reacher as a younger man, still in the Army, was great.
  • Reacher

    3
    By PRT67
    Good book though not as good as some of the Reacher books to me
  • A Reacher Fan! I loved this book!

    5
    By DWFREIDELL
    Great story telling by master. Lee Child has once again penned a real page turner!
  • Okay

    3
    By Daltivia
    Ok
  • Night School

    5
    By myfavruffle
    As always, a great Jack Reacher book.