About the Author

LEE CHILD is a #1 bestselling author worldwide. His debut novel, Killing Floor, won two awards for best first mystery and was nominated for two more. Foreign rights in the Jack Reacher series have been sold in ninety-five countries. Child, a native of England, is a former television director. He lives in New York City, where he is at work on his next Jack Reacher thriller.

Reviews

“Child grabs hold with the first page and won't let go until the finish. This is pulse-pounding suspense, and Child hardly misses a beat.”—The Arizona Daily Star

“Good thrillers exist in a class of their own. The point of such a book is total escape and Tripwire fills the bill. A bang-up finale which makes the reader sit back and gasp with both wonder and understanding.”—The Denver Post

“Not only bang-on suspense but an insightful look into how humans work.”—Houston Chronicle

“A stylish thriller as complex and disturbing as its hero.”—Stephen White

“A tightly-drawn and swift thriller that gives new meaning to what a page-turner should be.”—Michael Connelly

“Page for page, there's probably more fisticuffs in a Lee Child thriller than anywhere else.”—Chicago Tribune

“When you put a good villain together with a great hero like Jack Reacher...the result is a thriller good to the last drop. (Child) does a great job of balancing good and evil, and certainly Hobie ranks up there with some of the most memorable villains.”—The Orlando Sentinel

Child's newest Jack Reacher thriller is his best yet. It's as if the author, a former TV scriptwriter, actually took note of the scattered criticisms that appeared in the largely favorable reviews of his earlier books, Killing Floor and Die Trying. This time the plot does not rely on unlikely coincidence, the antagonist (a psychopathic, disfigured Vietnam vet with a secret) is a worthy opponent for the ex-military policeman- turned-drifter hero, and Reacher becomes multi-dimensional: he finds love and confronts his own fallibility. The story begins when the retired general who was Reacher's mentor seeks him out and draws him into a humanitarian task turned deadly. Meanwhile, Reacher is reunited with the general's daughter Jodie, his forbidden love 15 years earlier. In the end, forensic anthropology provides the key to the mystery, as the atmosphere of menace builds to a bloody climax. Child's crisp prose, intriguing protagonist, and skilled storytelling should win fans. Suspense fiction doesn't get much better than this.ÄMichele Leber, Fairfax Cty. P.L., Arlington, VA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

"Child grabs hold with the first page and won't let go until the finish. This is pulse-pounding suspense, and Child hardly misses a beat."-The Arizona Daily Star

"Good thrillers exist in a class of their own. The point of such a book is total escape and Tripwire fills the bill. A bang-up finale which makes the reader sit back and gasp with both wonder and understanding."-The Denver Post

"Not only bang-on suspense but an insightful look into how humans work."-Houston Chronicle

"A stylish thriller as complex and disturbing as its hero."-Stephen White

"A tightly-drawn and swift thriller that gives new meaning to what a page-turner should be."-Michael Connelly

"Page for page, there's probably more fisticuffs in a Lee Child thriller than anywhere else."-Chicago Tribune

"When you put a good villain together with a great hero like Jack Reacher...the result is a thriller good to the last drop. (Child) does a great job of balancing good and evil, and certainly Hobie ranks up there with some of the most memorable villains."-The Orlando Sentinel