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  • Jack Reacher, Book 10
  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (713 ratings)

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The Hard Way

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Editorial reviews

The irresistible Jack Reacher faces his most puzzling case yet in Book 10, The Hard Way written by award-winning author Lee Child in a complete and unabridged audiobook, expertly narrated by American actor Jeff Harding. This is a classic Jack Reacher mystery drenched in tormenting suspense. Spanning across the Atlantic, Reacher must hunt for the kidnapped family of a powerful military director. Aided with the help of a temptingly beautiful private investigator, together they must carry out the most dangerous search and rescue mission of their careers. Available now from Audible.

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Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it.

He watches a man cross a New York street and drive away in a Mercedes. The car contains $1 million of ransom money. Reacher's job is to make sure it all turns out right - money paid, family safely returned.

But Reacher is in the middle of a nasty little war where nothing is simple.
What started on a busy New York street explodes three thousand miles away, in the sleepy English countryside.

Reacher's going to have to do this one the hard way.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, The Hard Way is 10th in the series.

©2006 Lee Child (P)2009 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

"This is storytelling of the highest order: lean, laconic, laced with tension." (Evening Standard)

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Brilliant

Another great book in the Reacher series. The narrators voice makes it easy to listen.

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Another classic JR

It's a slow burner. It creeps up on you, like a good thriller. Jack does all the hard yards, investigating as only he knows how, then bam! He switches from sleuth to judge, jury and executioner!

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stand out Reacher

I thoroughly enjoyed this, Lee child's has done another great Reacher book, look forward to more of Reacher

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I couldn’t handle the swallowing

I love the Jack Reacher series an Jeff Harding narrating, but the swallowing noises was a big trigger 🤮

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Good read

Good story line lots of action strong characters narrator did a great job keep story line moving

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Excellent narrator

Book was slow in parts but the narration got me through it and entertained
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Good read

Enjoyed listening to this book.
A bit of everything in it. The reader Jeff Harding is fantastic at narrating the story. And Lee Child is a master story teller.
Thanks all.

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Loved it

Easy to listen too, cant wait to heard more, good thing there are lots of books.

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Another good Reacher book

Once again into the world of Jack Reacher. Lee Child does an excellent job at bringing the story of Reacher to life. Oh sure it’s not perfect and he makes the odd mistake but they are so few and far between that most of the time you don’t even notice it. The level of detail is amazing with very little effort, it’s his style and his strength. It was exactly what you would expect from a Jack Reacher book. 4 stars, great but not exceptional.

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Jeff Harding is Jack Reacher

Solid entry but it drags a bit in the middle and was too predicable. It was low tier by Reacher standards. However, I wasnt bored because Harding brings his A game every time.

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