A gentleman named Mark Salter helped out with autism research and asked for his mother’s name to be in the book-Mrs. In the end I chose South Dakota in the depths of winter as a location, and I’ll know I’ve succeeded if you shiver over every page.įourth, fifth, and sixth, I had three names to work with-winners of your-name-as-a-character charity auction lots. But most of his cold stories were set up on the polar ice cap, or above the Arctic Circle, and I knew Reacher would have no reason to go there. I was a little nervous at first, because one of my early writer heroes was Alistair MacLean, who wrote cold weather so well. My fifth book, Echo Burning, was set in the west of Texas in a heat wave, and the extreme temperature was seen as a real character in the story, so I wanted to try the same thing again, but this time at the opposite end of the thermometer.
Thirdly, I knew I wanted very, very cold weather. Second, I knew it would once again feature Jack Reacher.over the last 13 books he’s built up such enthusiasm and loyalty among readers I knew I’d be crazy not to keep on reporting his adventures. First was the just popped into my head and stayed there (and I knew I wanted the 61 to be written in figures, not words, so if you’re the kind of reader who arranges your shelves alphabetically-I apologize!)
I sat down to write 61 Hours with six things on my mind. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Įvery book starts with a grab-bag of ideas. In 61 Hours, Lee Child has written a showdown thriller with an explosive ending that readers will talk about for a long time to come. The secrets are deadlier and his enemies are stronger than he could have guessed-but so is the woman whose life he’ll risk his own to save. But the next 61 hours will change everything. Reacher’s original plan was to keep on moving.
Because a killer is coming to Bolton, a coldly proficient assassin who never misses. If she’s going to live long enough to testify, she’ll need help. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child’s latest thriller is a ticking time bomb of suspense that builds electric tension on every page.Ī tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. Get ready for the most exciting 61 hours of your life.
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