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The Hard Way

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A tycoon hires Reacher to find his kidnapped wife and stepdaughter

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Quick recap

In a Manhattan coffee shop, Reacher watches a man unlock a Mercedes and drive off. A day later he is approached and taken to The Dakota, where he meets Edward Lane, head of a private military company. Lane's wife, Kate, and her daughter, Jade, have been kidnapped, and the man Reacher saw was the kidnapper. Lane pays $25,000 a month for Reacher, a former military investigator, to help find them. The ransom rises from $1 million to $5 million and then another $4.5 million, with no victims returned. The trail runs through Lane's past and ends in England.

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What changed on screen

  1. ReferenceReacher in England

    This book takes Reacher to rural England, one of the few places outside the US where the series goes. Others include London, Hamburg and Paris.

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  2. Behind the scenesManhattan's famous address

    Lane lives at The Dakota, the apartment building facing Central Park. The book uses the address to show the family's money.

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