# The Affair by Lee Child (Paperback)

**'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.'** Mick Herron  
  
**March 1997.** **A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi.**  
  
Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier?  
  
**Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover.**  
  
The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or is she trying not to find the killer?  
  
Set just six months before the opening of _Killing Floor_, _The Affair_ marks a turning point in Reacher's career.  
  
**If he does what the army wants, will he be able to live with himself? And if he doesn't, will the army be able to live with him?**  
  
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, _The Affair_ is 16th in the series.  
  
**And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, _In Too Deep_! \*\*\*OUT NOW\*\*\***

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Bantam
- **Tags:** All, Thrillers

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