With Reacher, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has created “a series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers” ( The Washington Post ).

Everything starts somewhere. . . .

For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup.

A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington.

Reacher is ordered undercover — to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, he finds layers no one saw coming, and the investigation spins out of control.

Local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux has a thirst for justice — and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust one another, Reacher and Deveraux reluctantly join forces. Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission, and turn him into a man to be feared.

A novel of unrelenting suspense that could only come from the pen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, The Affair is the start of the Reacher saga, a thriller that takes Reacher—and his readers—right to the edge . . . and beyond.

李查德 LEE CHILD

一九五四年生於英國。上高中時，獲得獎學金成為《魔戒》作者托爾金的學弟。之後他曾就讀法學院、在戲院打工，最後進入電視台，展開長達十八年的電視人生涯，製作過許多叫好叫座的節目。

四十歲那年，李查德於一夕之間失業了。就像他筆下智勇雙全的傑克．李奇總能化險為夷一樣，他將這個中年危機化為最有利的轉機。

酷愛閱讀的他花了六塊美金買了紙筆，寫下「浪人神探」傑克．李奇系列的第一集《地獄藍調》，結果一出版就登上英國週日泰晤士報的暢銷排行榜，在美國更贏得推理小說最高殊榮之一的「安東尼獎」以及「巴瑞獎」最佳處女作，並獲得「麥卡維帝獎」和「黛莉絲獎」的提名。而次年出版的第二集《至死方休》亦榮獲「W.H.史密斯好讀獎」。此後他以一年一本的速度推出續集，每出版必定征服大西洋兩岸各大暢銷排行榜，更風靡了全球四十三國的讀者。

二○○四年，李奇系列的第八集《雙面敵人》再次贏得「巴瑞獎」最佳小說，並榮獲在古典推理界具有舉足輕重地位的「尼洛．伍爾夫獎」最佳小說，也讓李查德的天王地位更加不可動搖！第九集《完美嫌犯》則被改編拍成電影《神隱任務》，由動作巨星湯姆‧克魯斯飾演傑克‧李奇，果然既叫好又叫座，正如同故事大師史蒂芬‧金的讚譽：「所有關於傑克．李奇的冒險故事都棒呆了！」

李查德目前長居美國，在紐約曼哈頓與法國南部都有居所。他已婚，並有一個成年的女兒。

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