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Jack Reacher — Books timeline
when each title takes placeIn the Army
North Carolina, 1990
The EnemyNew Year's Day 1990: a general dies in a motel, and Reacher must contain the scandal
1992
The Secret1992: scientists die in suspicious circumstances and Captain Reacher has just been demoted
Hamburg, 1996
Night School1996: a secret cooperation school and an American buyer paying $100 million
Mississippi, 1997
The AffairSix months before Killing Floor, Reacher is still a major, investigating a crime in Mississippi
On the road
Margrave, Georgia
Killing FloorReacher is arrested in Margrave for a murder he didn't commit
Chicago and the road
Die TryingReacher and an FBI agent are snatched in broad daylight in Chicago
Key West and New York
TripwireA dead investigator drags Reacher from Key West into a thirty-year-old secret
New York
Running BlindTwo women Reacher once knew turn up dead, without a mark on them
Texas
Echo BurningA ride in Texas and a request: kill a woman's husband before he gets out of prison
Atlantic City and the road
Without FailThe Secret Service asks Reacher how he would kill the vice president
Boston
PersuaderReacher spots a man who should be dead and goes undercover as a bodyguard
Indiana
One ShotFive dead, one suspect and one request: get Jack Reacher
New York and England
The Hard WayA tycoon hires Reacher to find his kidnapped wife and stepdaughter
The West Coast
Bad Luck and TroubleA mystery deposit calls Reacher back, and his old unit has a killer on the loose
Colorado
Nothing to LoseFrom Hope to Despair, Colorado, a town that doesn't want visitors
New York
Gone TomorrowOn the New York subway, Reacher watches a woman kill herself and wants to know why
South Dakota
61 HoursA bus skids in South Dakota snow and Reacher is stuck in a town in danger
Nebraska
Worth Dying ForA Nebraska motel, a battered woman and a clan that runs everything
From Nebraska to Virginia
A Wanted ManA ride with three strangers, a murder and a woman who blinks in code
Virginia
Never Go BackReacher arrives at his old unit to find its commander has been arrested
Paris and London
PersonalA shot misses the French president, and the suspect is a man Reacher jailed 16 years ago
Mother's Rest, the Midwest
Make MeA town called Mother's Rest and an investigator looking for her missing colleague
Wisconsin and South Dakota
The Midnight LineA West Point ring in a pawnshop, and an owner nobody came looking for
Laconia, New Hampshire
Past TenseReacher visits his father's hometown and runs into a motel that traps its guests
An unnamed city
Blue MoonReacher foils a mugging and lands in the middle of a mob war
With Andrew Child
Pleasantville
The SentinelThe first book by the two brothers: a ride ends in the middle of a kidnapping
Arizona
Better Off DeadA wrecked car in Arizona and a woman looking for her twin brother
The United States
No Plan BA woman falls in front of a bus, and only Reacher sees the push
The United States
In Too DeepHandcuffed in the dark after a car crash, next to a dead FBI agent
Baltimore
Exit StrategyIn a Baltimore coffee shop, Reacher receives a message from a stranger
The United States
Chain ReactionReacher is hard to find, and he likes it that way
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