Personal (novel)

Personal

Kindle edition cover
Author Lee Child
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Jack Reacher
Genre Thriller novel
Publisher Bantam Press (UK), Delacorte Press (US)
Publication date
 28 August 2014 (UK, Ireland, NZ, Aus)
September 2, 2014 (US)
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback), Audio, eBook
Pages 416
ISBN 978-0-5930-7382-7
OCLC 883748100
Preceded by Never Go Back
Followed by Make Me

Personal is the nineteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child.[1] The novel was published on 28 August 2014 in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland, and on September 2, 2014 in the United States[1] and Canada.[2] The plot of the book revolves around Reacher's pursuit of a sniper who has attempted to assassinate the President of France.[3]

Synopsis

Someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president but intentionally failed to kill him. The suspected sniper has serious skills and is a hard man to find. Reacher tracked him down once and put him in jail. Now he's asked to hunt him again, and put him away permanently.

Reception

Personal topped the New York Times Best Sellers list of combined print and e-book fiction books for the week of September 21, 2014.[4]

It won the 2014 RBA International Prize for Crime Writing,[5] a Spanish literary award said to be the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Personal, Amazon.com
  2. ↑ "Personal" Leechild.com
  3. ↑ Stephen Poole (6 September 2014). "Personal by Lee Child review – suspense thrills with Jack Reacher". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Somosot, Janice. "'Personal' By Lee Child Tops The New York Times Best Sellers List Of Combined Print And E-Book Fiction For The Week Of Sept. 21, 2014". ibtimes.com. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  5. ↑ "British author Lee Child receives the "prestigious" RBA Award for Crime Writing". Catalan News Agency. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Giles Tremlett (3 September 2009). "Philip Kerr wins €125,000 RBA crime writing prize". The Guardian. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

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