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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence — unit members murdered; Reacher's methods in retaliation; confrontations
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild — some adult situations
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The unit's shared past — what they were; what they did; what connected them to whoever is killing them now
What this book is about
Jack Reacher receives a signal from a former colleague: Frances Neagley, using a code only members of their old Special Investigative Unit would recognize. Members of their unit are being murdered. Reacher tracks down the survivors and they investigate together — an elite team, now civilians, hunting a threat from their past. Bad Luck and Trouble is the eleventh Reacher novel — one of the few with a team rather than Reacher alone.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Members of Reacher's former unit killed
A rare team-based Reacher novel — not solo
Frances Neagley — one of the series' most compelling recurring characters
Eleventh in the Reacher series
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