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    Running Blind

    Written by Lee Child

    Narrated by Johnathan McClain

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    About this audiobook

    Across the country women are being murdered, victims of a disciplined and clever killer who leaves no trace evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, there's only one thing that links one victim to the next. Each of the women knew Jack Reacher. And this time, even he's running blind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 30, 2012
    ISBN9781101615560
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    Running Blind
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    Lee Child

    Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently the CWA's Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.

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    • 5/5
      Lee Child has dozens of books he's written. This one is good, I like it.
    • 5/5
      Very good murder mystery, even if Reacher was being obtuse to the ninth degree. Then again, so we’re the FBI and the cops, which meant it all came across as a little over egged. I did NOT expect or predict the killer though, so that was a shocker!
    • 4/5
      Women are dying. Women who have nothing in common except the fact they once worked for the military. And they knew Jack Reacher. How and why these women are in danger completely baffles the elite FBI team working the case. There is no trace evidence. There are no links between the victims. Their bodies have no fatal wounds.
    • 4/5
      A real page turner
    • 4/5
      BRILLIANT!.. Deducted One Star Because The Ending, was; "Drawn-Out",a "Little" BUT - Lee Child, DELIVERS, Again... Read - AS The, Fourth Jack Reacher Book.. FANTASTIC!.. Super!..
    • 4/5
      Another solid Jack Reacher novel. Due to the repetition of themes I feel like this one really starts to paint the limitations of a personality like Reacher.
    • 3/5
      It was a little hard to follow with all the characters taking parts. It held my interest. The end was unbelievable.
    • 4/5
      Solid story, with a little twist at the end. Enjoyed this story much more than the last book, Tripwire. If you enjoy the Jack Reacher series this is a good one!
    • 1/5
      I can hardly believe this was written by Lee Childs. The character of Jack Reacher seems completely inauthentic. He’s irrational and Immature. All of the characters speak and act like whiny, petulant teenagers. The over the top narration doesn’t help. I only stuck with it to see how certain storylines played out since they affect subsequent developments in this otherwise fine series of books.
    • 5/5
      Liked Reacher being faced with domesticity. Good twists and turns.
    • 5/5
      Great story! Lots of quick turns! I was wondering a bit about the voice actor, how good he was, until I hit the end! Great job and interpretation of the cast!
    • 5/5
      Excellent plot, schemingly brilliant murders, and Reacher at his best. Perfect!!
    • 4/5
      Lee Child is a 'very safe pair of hands' for me. All his novels are entertaining and well written. Jack Reacher is simply a dude, the alter-ego for most middle aged men. Whenever I need a break from historical fiction or fantasy, it's author's like Child I turn to.
    • 4/5
      Another beautifully paced and enjoyable thriller. Pure simple pleasure.
    • 3/5
      Interesting story concept but something felt a little "off" about this one.
      Writing was good and it flowed very well but for whatever reason it just didn't get me pumped up like the Reacher stories have in the past.
    • 2/5
      This one was annoyingly unbelievable. But I still stayed with Jack till the end.
    • 4/5
      Looking back, there are a lot of problems with this story; but nothing to have prevented me from continuing while actually reading. Very much like the characters (even the ones who are wholly not likeable!) So, I'm torn between a 3 and 4 star. 4 while reading, 3 while looking back. Sheesh.
    • 5/5
      This is Child's fourth Jack Reacher novel and it's another really good one. Reacher is sucked into an FBI investigation into who is killing women who left the military after sexual harassment issues. The bodies are found in the bathtubs of their home which are also filled with Army green paint. And no one can figure out how they are being killed. It's a wild story and a good one.
    • 4/5
      Nice quick one. Really like this series
    • 3/5
      The FBI has Reacher over a barrel and want him to cooperate with them to catch a killer who has been targeting ex-army women who have been harassed by their male fellow soldiers. Mystery and action. Lee Child does them well and when I wish to read an engaging story like that which doesn't demand a lot from the reader, I know his novels are a good choice. I am not fond of serial killer mysteries, but this was not so full of the killer's mind that it bothered me too much.
    • 4/5
      A bit preposterous but that's why it's a novel. FBI extorts Reacher to consult on a case. Reacher always gets it right and the FBI are buffoons. Maybe, the author dislikes the FBI? Serial killer thriller. It's not fine literature; I liked it.
    • 4/5
      Another author whose works I just did not get around to reading in order, so I am rectifying that this year. Lee Child is a solid writer and Jack Reacher is a character I thoroughly enjoy reading about.
    • 4/5
      There are so many twists to Running Blind that it might feel a little like walking through a haunted house. You never know when something is going to pop out at you, but because stuff does pop out at you, and with alarming frequency, you come to expect the surprises. They might not even shock you over time. The premise of Running Blind is former military women are being murdered all over the country. The cause of death is a mystery. There are no fatal wounds, no signs of a struggle, none of the women defending themselves, there wasn't even forced entry into their homes. The commonality between each murdered victim besides military connections is Jack Reacher. Of course. What makes this story like all the others is that government officials keep trying to pin the murders on Reacher. He's always guilty in every book. What makes this story slightly different from the rest is this time Reacher has a serious girlfriend, a lawyer to help bail him out.
    • 5/5
      Running Blind is substantially better than the last two novels which I found to be a considerable dip in quality when reading the series chronologically. I might even go as far as to say so far it's been the best one so far in terms of substance, mystery of who the responsible party is and generally how gripping the narrative was.In this installment we also see Reacher facing some level of repercussions for his use of violence according to his own moral code which in earlier novels wasn't so apparent, that I recall anyway.Where last book we saw the lonely drifter personality trait become tied down with the acquisition of a car and inheritance of a house, in this installment we see Reacher struggling to come to terms with the anchors that they are, and for once he isn't sleeping with the main female character of the story. The only real problem with the plot is the idea that Reacher is being pressured by the FBI, essentially blackmailed, which to my mind contradicts the events of Die Trying in which the FBI is grateful for his cooperation. To my mind he could have called on his earlier contacts to solve his issues without all the hoopla, but then that wouldn't be a particularly interesting novel.Overall, an excellent addition to the series that expanding the character further and stepped away from the rather formulaic style of the last novels.
    • 5/5
      Great book throughly enjoyed it, very suspenseful and really entertaining
    • 4/5
      I knew who it was, as probably most readers did. But *how* it was done was the mystery.
      Brain candy. Can’t always be reading tomes.
    • 3/5
      The worst of the Jack Reacher books so far. It's still a good read, but the plot has some deep flaws.
    • 3/5
      Substance: Fast-moving mystery, imaginative murderer, reasonably satisfactory conclusion. Either you like Jack Reacher or you don't. One obligatory sex scene that even the author didn't care much about. FBI agents were more irrational than one would expect, to fit the plot, but their ruthlessness is probably accurate.Style: Guy-stuff, way too much minute-by-minute detail, like a tv script transcribed.Four hours, read straight through, because if I put these things down I forget what's going on.
    • 3/5
      Seriously, it took me almost two years to read this book. Mainly because I've been too busy with the equivalent of two jobs to be able to read very much, but it just really wasn't as good to me as the first couple. Jack Reacher just should not have a girlfriend which, I suppose, was the point of the book since the focus was on how he didn't handle being tied down very well. But the character and books work better when he's footloose and fance free.
    • 3/5
      A fun story, but nothing incredible for me. I enjoy this series as an audio book because it is easy to follow along through audio.