The Enemy
By Lee Child
- Release Date: 2004-05-11
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lee Child’s The Affair.
Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier’s son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army’s brightest stars. But in every cop’s life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.
New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The world is changing. And in a North Carolina “hot-sheets” motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Jack Reacher has his orders: Control the situation. But this situation can’t be controlled. Within hours the general’s wife is murdered hundreds of miles away. Then the dominoes really start to fall.
Two Special Forces soldiers—the toughest of the tough—are taken down, one at a time. Top military commanders are moved from place to place in a bizarre game of chess. And somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U.S. Army, Jack Reacher—an ordinarily untouchable investigator for the 110th Special Unit—is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have.
But Reacher won’t quit. He’s fighting a new kind of war. And he’s taking a young female lieutenant with him on a deadly hunt that leads them from the ragged edges of a rural army post to the winding streets of Paris to a confrontation with an enemy he didn’t know he had. With his French-born mother dying—and divulging to her son one last, stunning secret—Reacher is forced to question everything he once believed…about his family, his career, his loyalties—and himself. Because this soldier’s son is on his way into the darkness, where he finds a tangled drama of desperate desires and violent death—and a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed.
Reviews
The Enemy
3By Halsterx3/5 stars Not one of the better Reacher books. I’ve read them all. Would not recommend this one. Hal R - Troy, MIReacher… nothing else to say…
4By anthonydaleWhat a great book. This is the first book I’ve read in the reacher series where he was in the army full-time. Good story.The Enemy
4By JP_4625Good read. Typical,complex, Lee Child/Jack Reacher plot. Hard to put down. Enjoyable.Obvious early plot holes
2By CareerMoves1. There was no reason for the partner to take the General’s briefcase. 2. No thought the General was gay after it was determined that there was no hooker and women on the base had alibis. 3. Reacher failed to do a proper search of a guy’s billet; if he had, the book would have been a short story.Excellent
5By William GeraciExcellentSlow to Action
4By The Kid from NYCThe book was half over before the action clicked inThe enemy
5By debciabFast easy reading keeps you guessing the whole bookThe best yet
5By Jeffn66I keep reading these and they just keep getting better and this one is the the best yet. I didn’t think Persuader could be topped but I was wrong. Well done sir.Great
5By Ambiz5I love this read. Did it in less 24 hours. Could not put it down. Great 👍🏽. 🥰🥰🥰Worth reading.
5By Flinthills JimI enjoyed the second time through more than the first.Not one of my favorites
1By Hard to browseOf all the books from this series, this was by far my least favorite. It dragged on and on with very little interesting content. Wasn’t what I was expecting.The Enemy
5By David5KAs usual, a great read!!!! Need more movies! But NOT with Tom Cruise!!! Too freaking shortThe Enemy
5By brassfield0401Very good story, interesting characters and again, a tough Reacher.MAJOR REACHER IS ON THE HUNT
5By RSProdsLee Child dials up another far-reaching winner of a Jack Reacher novel. Reacher is a Military Police Major on active duty when all of his investigative and intuitive skills are needed to solve an unusual and elusive murder mystery, plus there is a major shift in his personal life that reveals more backstory about Reacher. Highly Recommended. Four and a half BAFFLING Stars. Apple Books. 400 pages. (RBSProds)The Enemy
5By boots saddleAnother great Jack Reacher yarn. A little complicated plot, but entertaining, anyway.The Enemy
5By cg342Great book. I love all the Jack Reacher books. Each one seems better then the last.Great book
5By DetroitFAN4646Childs just sets the tone for other authors periodThe Enemy
3By Hat36Lee Child is usually a pleasure to read, but this book eventually feels like a literary double team Whack a Mole story.The best in a great series
5By SspeidelMy favorite Reachers take place in his old army days. He's less autistic- that's probably not the right word but you know what I mean. His disengagement from the concerns of the rest of us entertains me, but wears just a little when I read book after book. In "Enemy" Reacher really cares about the army, and it's refreshing.
