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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Jack Reacher comes to the aid of an elderly couple . . . and confronts his most dangerous opponents yet.

“Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of.”—Ken Follett

“This is a random universe,” Reacher says. “Once in a blue moon things turn out just right.”

This isn’t one of those times.

Reacher is on a Greyhound bus, minding his own business, with no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. Then he steps off the bus to help an old man who is obviously just a victim waiting to happen. But you know what they say about good deeds. Now Reacher wants to make it right.

An elderly couple have made a few well-meaning mistakes, and now they owe big money to some very bad people. One brazen move leads to another, and suddenly Reacher finds himself a wanted man in the middle of a brutal turf war between rival Ukrainian and Albanian gangs.

Reacher has to stay one step ahead of the loan sharks, the thugs, and the assassins. He teams up with a fed-up waitress who knows a little more than she’s letting on, and sets out to take down the powerful and make the greedy pay. It’s a long shot. The odds are against him. But Reacher believes in a certain kind of justice . . . the kind that comes along once in a blue moon.

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An Amazon Best Book of November 2019: In Blue Moon, Lee Child turns the saying “No good deed goes unpunished” on its ear. Reacher helps an elderly man in a spot of trouble (his good deed) but when it turns out the man was on his way to make his weekly payment to a loan shark, it’s the Albanian street gang holding the ledger which ends up taking the punishment. And if Reacher has to ignite a turf war between rival gangs in order to mete out that punishment, well, why should he try to solve just one problem when he might neatly square away two? It’s not much of a spoiler to reveal such a plot point—the fact is, Reacher is Kung Fu in denim, a knight-errant with an honorable discharge who rights wrongs wherever he goes. He’s the tall, "ugly," 250-pound former military investigator who makes revenge fantasies come true in book after book. And while the body count and the blood spatter index is high in this book, even by the standards of a Reacher novel, when readers discover why the old man needed the loan, they’ll be cheering Reacher on with every page. —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Book Review

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“Reacher is so irresistible a character that he draws fans from every demographic.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Child is at the top of his game in this nail-biter.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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LEE CHILD is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers and the complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. All his novels have been optioned for major motion pictures--including Jack Reacher (based on One Shot) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Foreign rights to the Reacher series have sold in over one hundred territories. A native of England and a former television director, Child lives in New York City. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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The guy with the money knew where he was going. That was clear. He didn’t glance around to get his bearings. He just stepped through the depot door and turned east and set out walking. No hesitation. But no speed either. He trudged along slow. He looked a little unsteady. His shoulders were slumped. He looked old and tired and worn out and beaten down. He had no enthusiasm. He looked like he was en route between two points of equally zero appeal.

The guy with the goatee beard followed along about six paces behind, hanging back, staying slow, restraining himself. Which looked difficult. He was a rangy, long-legged individual, all hopped up with excitement and anticipation. He wanted to get right to it. But the terrain was wrong. Too flat and open. The sidewalks were wide. Up ahead was a four-way traffic light, with three cars waiting for a green. Three drivers, bored, gazing about. Maybe passengers. All potential witnesses. Better to wait.

The guy with the money stopped at the curb. Waiting to cross. Aiming dead ahead. Where there were older buildings, with narrower streets between. Wider than alleys, but shaded from the sun, and hemmed in by mean three- and four-story walls either side. Better terrain.

The light changed. The guy with the money trudged across the road, obediently, as if resigned. The guy with the goatee beard followed six paces behind. Reacher closed the gap on him a little. He sensed the moment coming. The kid wasn’t going to wait forever. He wasn’t going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Two blocks in would do it.

They walked on, single file, spaced apart, oblivious. The first block felt good up ahead and side to side, but behind them it still felt open, so the guy with the beard hung back, until the guy with the money was over the cross street and into the second block. Which looked properly secretive. It was shady at both ends. There were a couple of boarded-up establishments, and a closed-down diner, and a tax preparer with dusty windows.

Perfect.

Decision time.

Reacher guessed the kid would go for it, right there, and he guessed the launch would be prefaced by a nervous glance all around, including behind, so he stayed out of sight around the cross street’s corner, one second, two, three, which he figured was long enough for all the glances a person could need. Then he stepped out and saw the kid with the beard already closing the gap ahead, hustling, eating up the six-pace distance with a long and eager stride. Reacher didn’t like running, but on that occasion he had to.

He got there too late. The guy with the beard shoved the guy with the money, who went down forward with a heavy ragged thump, hands, knees, head, and the guy with the beard swooped down in a seamless dexterous glide, into the still-moving pocket, and out again with the envelope. Which was when Reacher arrived, at a clumsy run, six feet five of bone and muscle and 250 pounds of moving mass, against a lean kid just then coming up out of a crouch. Reacher slammed into him with a twist and a dip of the shoulder, and the guy flailed through the air like a crash test dummy, and landed in a long sliding tangle of limbs, half on the sidewalk, half in the gutter. He came to rest and lay still.

Reacher walked over and took the envelope from him. It wasn’t sealed. They never were. He took a look. The wad was about three quarters of an inch thick. A hundred dollar bill on the top, and a hundred dollar bill on the bottom. He flicked through. A hundred dollar bill in every other possible location, too. Thousands and thousands of dollars. Could be fifteen. Could be twenty grand.

He glanced back. The old guy’s head was up. He was gazing about, panic stricken. He had a cut on his face. From the fall. Or maybe his nose was bleeding. Reacher held up the envelope. The old guy stared at it. He tried to get up, but couldn’t.

Reacher walked back.

He said, “Anything broken?”

The guy said, “What happened?”

“Can you move?”

“I think so.”

“OK, roll over.”

“Here?”

“On your back,” Reacher said. “Then we can sit you up.”

“What happened?”

“First I need to check you out. I might need to call the ambulance. You got a phone?”

“No ambulance,” the guy said. “No doctors.”

He took a breath and clamped his teeth, and squirmed and thrashed until he rolled over on his back, like a guy in bed with a nightmare.

He breathed out.

Reacher said, “Where does it hurt?”

“Everywhere.”

“Regular kind of thing, or worse?”

“I guess regular.”

“OK then.”

Reacher got the flat of his hand under the guy’s back, high up between his shoulder blades, and he folded him forward into a sitting position, and swiveled him around, and scooted him along, until he was sitting on the curb with his feet down on the road, which would be more comfortable, Reacher thought.

The guy said, “My mom always told me, don’t play in the gutter.”

“Mine too,” Reacher said. “But right now we ain’t playing.”

He handed over the envelope. The guy took it and squeezed it all over, fingers and thumb, as if confirming it was real. Reacher sat down next to him. The guy looked inside the envelope.

“What happened?” he said again. He pointed. “Did that guy mug me?”

Twenty feet to their right the kid with the goatee beard was face down and motionless.

“He followed you off the bus,” Reacher said. “He saw the envelope in your pocket.”

“Were you on the bus too?”

Reacher nodded.

He said, “I came out the depot right behind you.”

The guy put the envelope back in his pocket.

He said, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have no idea. More than I can possibly say.”

“You’re welcome,” Reacher said.

“You saved my life.”

“My pleasure.”

“I feel like I should offer you a reward.”

“Not necessary.”

“I can’t anyway,” the guy said. He touched his pocket. “This is a payment I have to make. It’s very important. I need it all. I’m sorry. I apologize. I feel bad.”

“Don’t,” Reacher said.

Twenty feet to their right the kid with the beard pushed himself up to his hands and knees.

The guy with the money said, “No police.”

The kid glanced back. He was stunned and shaky, but he was already twenty feet ahead. Should he go for it?

Reacher said, “Why no police?”

“They ask questions when they see a lot of cash.”

“Questions you don’t want to answer?”

“I can’t anyway,” the guy said again.

The kid with the beard took off. He staggered to his feet and set out fleeing the scene, weak and bruised and floppy and uncoordinated, but still plenty fast. Reacher let him go. He had run enough for one day.

The guy with the money said, “I need to get going now.”

He had scrapes on his cheek and his forehead, and blood on his upper lip, from his nose, which had taken a decent impact.

“You sure you’re OK?” Reacher asked.

“I better be,” the guy said. “I don’t have much time.”

“Let me see you stand up.”

The guy couldn’t. Either his core strength had drained away, or his knees were bad, or both. Hard to say. Reacher helped him to his feet. The guy stood in the gutter, facing the opposite side of the street, hunched and bent. He turned around, laboriously, shuffling in place.

He couldn’t step up the curb. He got his foot in place, but the propulsive force necessary to boost himself up six inches was too much load for his knee to take. It must have been bruised and sore. There was a bad scuff on the fabric of his pants, right where his kneecap would be.

Reacher stood behind him and cupped his hands under his elbows, and lifted, and the guy stepped up weightless, like a man on the moon.

Reacher asked, “Can you walk?”

The guy tried. He managed small steps, delicate and precise, but he winced and gasped, short and sharp, every time his right leg took the weight.

“How far have you got to go?” Reacher asked.

The guy looked all around, calibrating. Making sure where he was.

“Three more blocks,” he said. “On the other side of the street.”

“That’s a lot of curbs,” Reacher said. “That’s a lot of stepping up and down.”

“I’ll walk it off.”

“Show me,” Reacher said.

The guy set out, heading east as before, at a slow shuffling creep, with his hands out a little, as if for balance. The wincing and the gasping was loud and clear. Maybe getting worse. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NCNVZ5P
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dell (October 29, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 29, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2648 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 377 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1787630277
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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. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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What a mess.

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019

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I am an avid Jack Reacher reader, one who pre-orders the books on my Kindle and generally read them the day they are published, even pulling all nighters. "Blue Moon" read as of Lee Child put his feet up, had a laptop in his lap, and just let it rip. Paragraph upon paragraph of musings, more than usual. An initially credible plot that ultimately devolved into such a preposterous body count it was simply ludicrous. So much repetitive, boring descriptions of streets, alleys, buildings, bars, that I scanned and then skipped pages. Lacking the usual wit and only rarely displaying the banter that typify his books, Jack Reacher in "Blue Moon" is a ludicrous caricature of his character. While he does begin his experience in this novel by observing an about-to-happen crime and then pursues it to inevitable bigger and more complicated ends, it is spoiled by the quantity of people who die as the plot progresses. Worse, there were no surprises. The reason behind the possession of the money which was about to be stolen that triggered Reacher's involvement was predictible, but is the most credible part of the book, as it is relatable and timely. The It was a total waste of my time to read this book.

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Jennifer W.

Worst Jack Reacher Novel Ever

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019

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I have read every Lee Child Novel. I wait every year for the next Jack Reacher to come out. I love these books. This was a colossal fail. The premise of a company not renewing health insurance and nobody knew is ludicrous...people have prescription’s, Doctors appointments, emergencies..etc. Not to mention the absolutely unbelievable characterization of the mobsters, hurts my head just thinking about the stupidity of it. Just a massive disappointment.. I want the 14.99 and the wasted 5 hours of my life back!!!

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James C. Coomer

This Reacher is a Reach

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2019

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Lee Child has come to the end of the line with Jack Reacher. This book stretches credulity to its limit. Gone is the solitary Reacher using his deductive training to seek answers to nagging questions (like why would someone sell their West Point ring). This Reacher does not reluctantly break someone's leg when forced to fight. This Reacher is a killer; brutal, savage, remorseless. The body count in this book is at least seventy and the circular firing squads are just unbelievably amateurish. A waitress morphs into a military strategist and a two man band become special ops supporters in slaughtering the bad guys. In the past, most Reacher stories have some plausibility. This plot is totally unbelievable.
I have read that Child is developing a tv series which will be an
amalgam of previous Reacher novels. That may be the best future for his character because this novel suggests that after twenty-five novels, Child has exhausted the soil for developing future plots.
For Reacher fans, don't waste your money.

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Reacher is Back!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2019

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I have read every Jack Reacher novel and generally looked forward to a new release like that of a favorite band or movie. Anticipation and excitement! In this case I got my copy of “Blue Moon”, grabbed a bag of Fritos and a cold drink and settled in for a good read.

I was slightly hesitant, because the last two Reacher novels were not very good – at least not by Lee Child’s standards. The parts of Reacher that resonated most with readers had been missing. The last two novels felt like they had been phoned in. I was worried that maybe Jack Reacher had hit the end of the road…

I had nothing to worry about it – Reacher is back! All of the character traits that made Jack Reacher a great protagonist are back in style. He calculates the physics of a thrown punch. He helps the downtrodden and beats up the bad guys. He prefers sitting in the back seat of cars because he’s so big and doesn’t like to drive!

Without spilling too much detail, Reacher befriends the Shevicks, an elderly couple who is down on their luck. They’re in a jam with the worst kind of mobsters and Reacher jumps in with both feet to help them out. In the end, he takes on multiple gangs, wins every fight and gets the girl…

Yes, Lee Child has a formula – and it’s a simple one. Make the bad guys bad, the victims sad and put Reacher into the mix. This time he gets a little help from some other bit players, but it’s mostly Reacher’s game. The plots are not complicated and there are holes in the story lots of “What-ifs” if you want to dig deep, but it’s great summer reading and all the pieces of the puzzle don’t need to be perfect for the tale to be told.

I ended up reading most of the book in one evening; the rest the next morning – a very satisfying read.
For fans of Lee Child and Jack Reacher, you will enjoy this book!

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Formulaic and Over-the-Top Violence

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2019

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Every standard Reacher plot device is back: riding into town on a Greyhound bus, protecting the weak victimized old folks, winning the help and sexual favors of a woman with a glance, taking on the bad guys against impossible odds, triumphing, and riding out of town on a Greyhound bus. This adventure, however, includes the cold-blooded, calculated murder of several of the bad guys, not in the heat of battle or to avoid detection, but after disarming and disabling them. This may be my last Reacher. The books have become increasingly formulaic and dull.

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Vincent Lynch

Lee child has “jumped the shark.”

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019

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Outrageously far fetched and unrealistic. From previous books we know how logical, rational and deeply analytical hero Jack Reacher is. However, in this it appears that just about every character Reacher runs into is a kindred spirit, detail oriented yet broadly philosophical. Many of the bad guys, even a couple of low level thugs are able to contemplate their legitimate and phony choices. If you like high body counts, you might enjoy this, particularly since Reacher and his hastily put together team never come close to getting a scratch. Contrary to previous Reacher adventures, there is no sense of honor with this latest version. When it comes time to deal with several of the villains, he turns to a teammate asking for a figurative thumbs up or down, always getting the go ahead to execute unarmed, defenseless hoodlum with a bullet to the head or a quick snap of the neck. I’ve read all of the Reacher books with varying degrees of enjoyment, but after this really poor effort, I’m done.

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Gordon H.

Reacher needs to retire

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2019

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The conversation between the Author and the Publishers prior to writing this book must have went something like this –

Publisher – Lee, your body count in you last book was around fifty, your readers were very unhappy, the plot was ponderous and dull, not enough gory killing and mayhem.

Lee – OK I’ll try harder in future, sorry, I was getting bored with the whole Reacher character.

Publisher to Lee after reading the first draft of “Blue Moon”

This is brilliant, the body count is extraordinary, who cares about the ridiculous storyline and the crazy thought process behind each action Reacher and his new buddies take, it doesn’t matter, bodies are all your readers want to hear about, most have brains the size of a pin heads anyway.

Lee – Thanks, I’m glad you like it, can I have the rest of my advance now?

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Edinjock

Written for the screen and the money.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2019

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I've been an avid fan of Lee Child from the beginning but this has to be the biggest crock of crap he's ever written. The body count mounts remorselessly, with Reacher despatching most of them. The group of people working with him sounds more like the Three Musketeers on steroids and in the end the final justification for the murder and mayhem is almost incidental.

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Alan

Slight improvement on 23 but...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 30, 2019

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That’s it for me, 24 and out. I used to enjoy reading them but these last two have been very putdownable. From not much action in the last book, this has almost non stop action which quickly becomes tedious. If you are looking to read some really enjoyable books by Lee Child, stop at Reacher number 22.

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glorimar

I love jack. But he’s turning into a bit of a serial killer, isn’t he?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2019

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It was hard to follow some of the visual descriptions. Also, he was killing when he didn’t have to, which is a bit contrary to his usual moral code. The cut off head was a bit too much, and the fact that the other characters didn’t seem to mind, made them look a bit like psychos. Not my fave Jack story.

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The plots are getting old but Reacher isn't.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2019

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First, let me kick off by saying I have every Lee Child book. A few books ago I would have said he was my favorite author. Now I am not so sure. The stories are getting too familiar, too predictable and, sad to say, a tad boring. And yes, I get that it is hard to keep up the standards after so many. But, compare this to his first 3 or four and you can see the standards slipping. Anyone notice that the word count is slipping as well? This book is 373 pages long. I did a random count on some of his other books and they are working out at an average 20 pages more.
Shorter paragraphs, More space between the top and bottom of the page.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book and read it pretty quickly but it just wasn't the same page-turner. I could easily guess what was coming and completing the sentence or paragraph on the next page before turning. The last few books have seemed almost automated. Like most of.James Patterson's . You get the impression that there is a computer somewhere and you load a few plots and ideas and the churned out results are then a best seller. And, yes I know that Reacher is fiction -physically based on Lee Child - but why isn't he aging? His lifestyle isn't the best for good health. His knees must be dodgy by now with all the walking this top end of middle-aged man does. Always in good health. Doesn't need glasses and with superb hearing. At least start adding in the things that happen as we get older.
I will order his next book as soon as it is available but will I have the same high expectations? I expect not.

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