Night School
By Lee Child
- Release Date: 2016-11-07
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher!
“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
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.
Reviews
King of the Wild Frontier
4By CareerMovesFun read.Night School Review
5By Johng0303Another Jack Reacher action packed book. Enjoy the read!Best Jack Reacher yet
5By OceanTheGreatI have read several of the series and this is my favorite so far because the story moves faster through dialogue and there is less time wasted describing a room Reacher is in that will not pay off in the overall plotNot the best of the Reacher books
2By Richcola1452Too 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
4By Nike AthleteWe 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
5By chicken readerVery riveting and well written.I figured it out.
5By ArptOpnsSince 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
5By Ambiz5Reacher 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
5By Sittingbull strongbearLoved this one. Reacher as a younger man, still in the Army, was great.Reacher
3By PRT67Good book though not as good as some of the Reacher books to meA Reacher Fan! I loved this book!
5By DWFREIDELLGreat story telling by master. Lee Child has once again penned a real page turner!Okay
3By DaltiviaOkNight School
5By myfavruffleAs always, a great Jack Reacher book.Didn’t read yet
3By susan collins fanMy friend is obsessed can’t wait to read it...Night school
3By boots saddleNot up to club standards. Boring with a capital “B”. Struggled through first half and gave up. Waist of $$.Disappointed
1By favorite author new genreThe overall story was good. However, as other disillusioned readers have pointed out, there were horrendous, vulgar scenes that were completely unnecessary. The nightclub descriptions were reprehensible. They added less than nothing to the story and were the most off-putting things I have ever read in any book. I have recently begun making my way through the entire Reacher series. I am grossly disappointed by these scenes. I hope this is a singular incident. The Reacher books I had read to this point all had the same formula where Reacher slept with a new female character he just met while saving the world in his unbeatable way. There have always been mercifully bare details about this part of the books’ formulas. This particular book took the frequency and descriptions entirely too far. These are supposed to be action books, not porn.Jacks back
5By DicklittleTypical Jack Reacher. Sittin alone drinking coffee one minute and up to his eyebrows in beautiful women and bad guys. Sometimes a guy just can’t catch a break.Night School was not the best
3By train guy 101I love the Reacher stories but this one was long on detail and short on drama. It seemed to drag on and generally I couldn’t wait to put it down and go to sleep. The concluding chapters were fun but the lead up to it was sluggish.Night School
2By ADurerBetter than last year's lame offering, but still weak compared to all that built the brand in the early years. Great thrillers build tension; this one doesn't. The antagonists are too thinly sketched to really despise. The trio of 'cooperatives' barely talk, so why use that as a foundation? The twists and turns as the sketch evolves are interesting. The final act is weak. Oh, and pistol cartridges don't shoot holes in things when they 'cook' off; there is no controlled pressure to send them on a high velocity trajectory. That may seem petty, but Lee Childs is known for well researched detail. A lack of believability in a key scene has no place in his work. And what's with the America is better/smarter than Germany vein? Maybe next year will start to sing again.
