I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department's file room.

A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. Meticulously plotted and utterly compelling, these are intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst. Each story is entirely distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher.

'I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page, at putting me in the thick of it all.' THE TIMES

'Best thriller writer on the planet.' SUSAN HILL

'One of the genre's finest practitioners.' INDEPENDENT

'I always seize the latest Lee Child with pleasure.' PHILIP PULLMAN

'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' KARIN SLAUGHTER

'An enticing snack-like book, full of jaunty tales, twists and violence.' INDEPENDENT