Better Off Dead by Andrew Child

By: Andrew Child

Jack Reacher #26

Genre: Thriller Crime

Delacorte Press
November 1, 2021
On Sale: October 26, 2021
Featuring: Jack Reacher; Michaela Fenton
336 pages
ISBN: 1984818503
EAN: 9781984818508
Kindle: B08SBMCSQQ
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook

Book Summary

Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new page-turning thriller from acclaimed #1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel.
 
Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. 

The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark.
 
He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. 

Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher's life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

KILLING FLOOR

KILLING FLOOR

#1.0

September 1, 2004

DIE TRYING

DIE TRYING

#2.0

May 1, 2005

TRIPWIRE

TRIPWIRE

#3.0

July 1, 2000

RUNNING BLIND

RUNNING BLIND

#4.0

July 1, 2001

ECHO BURNING

ECHO BURNING

#5.0

May 1, 2002

WITHOUT FAIL

WITHOUT FAIL

#6.0

April 1, 2003

PERSUADER

PERSUADER

#7.0

April 1, 2004

THE ENEMY

THE ENEMY

#8.0

May 1, 2005

ONE SHOT

ONE SHOT

#9.0

June 1, 2005

THE HARD WAY

THE HARD WAY

#10.0

May 1, 2006

NOTHING TO LOSE

NOTHING TO LOSE

#12.0

June 1, 2008

GONE TOMORROW

GONE TOMORROW

#13.0

May 1, 2009

61 HOURS

61 HOURS

#14.0

May 1, 2010

WORTH DYING FOR

WORTH DYING FOR

#15.0

October 1, 2010

SECOND SON

SECOND SON

#15.5

August 1, 2011

THE AFFAIR

THE AFFAIR

#16.0

October 1, 2011

PERSONAL

PERSONAL

#19.0

September 1, 2014

MAKE ME

MAKE ME

#20.0

September 1, 2015

NIGHT SCHOOL

NIGHT SCHOOL

#21.0

November 1, 2016

PAST TENSE

PAST TENSE

#23.0

May 1, 2019

BLUE MOON

BLUE MOON

#24.0

November 1, 2019

THE SENTINEL

THE SENTINEL

#25.0

November 1, 2020

BETTER OFF DEAD

BETTER OFF DEAD

#26.0

November 1, 2021

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

May 1, 2022

BETTER OFF DEAD

BETTER OFF DEAD

November 1, 2021

THE SENTINEL

THE SENTINEL

November 1, 2020