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    Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel
    Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel
    Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel
    Audiobook14 hoursJack Reacher

    Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel

    Written by Lee Child

    Narrated by Dick Hill

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    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for season four of the hit streaming series Reacher!

    “High-powered, intricately wrought suspense.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times

    New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn’t. And if you think Reacher isn’t going to get involved . . . then you don’t know Jack.

    Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and Afghanistan—by dozens of people with one thing in common: They’re all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or just enough to get him killed. A race has begun through the streets of Manhattan, a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. For Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, the finish line comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye.

    “Propulsive . . . [Child is] an expert at ratcheting up tension.”—Los Angeles Times

    “Hold on tight. . . . This novel will give you whiplash as you rabidly turn pages. . . . May be [Lee Child’s] best.”—USA Today
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateMay 19, 2009
    ISBN9780739365922
    Author

    Lee Child

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    • 4/5

      Sep 8, 2025

      This is my first Lee Child book. He is pretty well-known, so I was curious. The plot is great, no doubt about it - a good political thriller. Plus, for those living in New York, it must be a treat to see how the intense action develops there - a very detailed sort of tour of many streets, parks, areas, subway trains and all.. But writing is so-so. Still, it gives me an idea of this writer. Not sure if I will read him again, though...
    • 3/5

      Aug 24, 2025

      This is the first "Reacher" book I have read, and I have to say, I was riveted from the first pages. It is indeed, a thriller, and the narrative voice, in a Chandler-esque way, keeps things moving. Some interesting insights into U.S. foreign policy along the way. Alas, sexism galore (could have done with far fewer descriptions of how hot the villain was) and graphic violence over and above what was necessary for the story...but the guy knows how to keep the reader rolling along with the story.
    • 5/5

      Mar 6, 2025

      Very satisfying Reacher novel. Starts out with a bang and keeps going.
    • 5/5

      Nov 23, 2024

      Gone Tomorrow is the thirteenth book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Once again, the all-American hero is a terrific read especially as Reacher is the avenger extraordinaire. Child knows how to draw the reader in and keep them hooked throughout. Gone Tomorrow is a breath taking read which readers will love.

      Jack Reacher is riding the A train on the New York subway and is trying to read the other passengers on board. He is ticking each person off on a check list that he has created mentally, from the experience of the Israelis dealing with suicide bombers and how to spot them. One of the people on board fits the criteria. Reacher attempts to engage to that person, but they certainly have other things on their mind. Instead of pressing the detonator they take a gun out and shoot themselves.

      A nightmare begins for Reacher as the NYPD begin to investigate the case. When one of the federal alphabet soup agencies turns up that things become really interesting. NYPD has ruled the incident as suicide while all the federal agencies are falling over themselves to question Reacher.

      Nobody should ever tell Reacher not to investigate the matter, as that is what he will do anyway, it is part of his survival instinct. Reacher still manages to ask a question nobody else has thought to address, but they have ‘group think’ attitudes. He shows them that they need to slow down and look at the bigger picture.

      It becomes clear there are foreign agents at work which makes things far more complicated. Even more so when they cannot work out who the principal agent is and where that agent is from. Even with Homeland Security involved none of the agencies are talking to each other. The only person thinking clearly even when wearing crocs is Reacher.

      Another breathtaking read.
    • 4/5

      Aug 30, 2024

      If you know New York City (NYC), you'll be happy to learn that Jack Reacher knows NYC also does also. Most of the Jack Reacher novels are filled with action sequences and superhuman feats; this one is no different. But, you begin to wonder.... There are few characters who are pretty easy to follow. Several of them are law enforcement, who don't follow the constitutional rules. Our hero is locked up in a cage and tortured, for example. Disavow reality and you'll like this (too long) book.
    • 4/5

      Mar 18, 2024

      Short, sharp, sentences; pacy, twisty, plotline; gutsy, gory action - Jack Reacher prevails! What's not to like?
    • 3/5

      Jul 24, 2023

      I have to admit that I was disappointed with Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child. I've read most of the Jack Reacher novels which are filled with action sequences and superhuman feats. Oftentimes, the story didn't allow readers to catch their breath. I struggled during the first 80% of this book because of the lack of action. The characters spent most of their time going over data and trying to solve what might be the biggest mystery in the world. I was often bored and set it aside several times, starting new books. I'd return in hopes of the story taking off and gave up again after only a few chapters. I also checked several times to verify that Lee Child was the author, as this storyline is nothing like his past works. Pass this one up and keep your money - read something else.
    • 4/5

      Nov 8, 2022

      Gone Tomorrow sees Reacher back in New York City once again, caught up in yet another secret military cover-up and a pair of female terrorists. Another quick read that doesn't require undivided attention, and thus moves into the finished pile long before other books started earlier.
    • 4/5

      Oct 7, 2021

      I sort of have a love/hate relationship with Lee Child and the Jack Reacher series. The character, Reacher, is endlessly fascinating. But he is almost too smart and capable, and rather handily figures out everything and disposes of the baddies, which sort of leaches some of the suspense out of the proceedings at times. Child is a good writer on the whole, with a big "but". The dialogue is barely differentiated between all the characters, thus a middle aged male American ex-military dude talks remarkably similar to a young Russian woman, for example. It is jarring and distracting. I'm still waiting for a book as good as the first Reacher novel, The Killing Floor. Many of the books were barely mediocre. Yet I always come back to the series eventually.

      Gone Tomorrow is one of the better ones. It does have the issues mentioned above, but it has a plot that is quite ingenious, and an intense final showdown with some fun action scenes along the way. Round it up to 4 stars.
    • 3/5

      Aug 3, 2021

      This the first Lee child / Jack reacher book I've read, and the thirteenth in the series. So I'm rather late to the party. I've watched one Reacher movie with Tom Cruise in the starring role, so maybe that ruined it for me. I have a hard time imagining Reacher as Child paints him (stick to 'Top Gun', Mav!)

      I'm not sure if I liked this book. There is much to like, mind you. Great plot, many twists and turns, reasonable characters, and a good sense of place. It certainly draws you through to the end. The best 'character', for me, was New York City. I haven't been there yet, but Child has you 'there' among the chessboard of city blocks and slinking through the subway.

      The violence doesn't occur often, but when it does it hits with a curdling thump. It's not glamorised or overdone, but Child does not hold back. I'm generally okay with that, but one scene (which I won't describe) was possibly the most vile thing I've ever read. The memory of it haunted me that night! Which got me thinking ... did Child find this in his research. Did the mujahideen / Afghani women actually perform acts like this against British, Soviet and possibly American soldiers? If so, then I guess it's fair game to use in a fictional novel. But if not, I think this feeds into American fear and loathing of these people. It dehumanises them and legitimises any defensive or offensive action Western people want to take - no holds barred. It's a fine line, this, and possibly crosses an ethical line for me.

      I was glad to finish the book. I wanted it over. Done. But ... enjoy it? I just don't know. And I don't know if I'll read any more in the series. I'd rather get a good night's sleep, I think.
    • 4/5

      Jul 29, 2021

      This was good but a little too long in places. Sometimes the detail wore me out. But overall a great read.
    • 4/5

      May 10, 2021

      Gone Tomorrow (2009) (Reacher #13) by Lee Child. New York city, about 2 A.M. and the subway car is almost empty. Just five passengers and Jack Reacher. To pass the time Reacher watches one of the riders and compares her actions against the “Look For These Signs” list used when a suspected suicide bomber is in view.
      She fits the list quite well. When he talks to her he discovers the list is wrong. The bullet points apply to just plain suicides as well.
      Although this suicide is anything but plain.
      After being pushed around by the police and groups of unidentified men who act with authority, Reacher decides to act for himself. Which pulls in a senator with his thin military biography, the FBI and the CIA, action in Afghanistan and a college football player. There is a mysterious woman and her mother. All are looking for a flash drive the suicide was supposed to have had with her.
      And Reacher is the only one she talked to, so he is THE person of interest.
      This is yet another fast paced page turners from Lee Child. And it is another winner.
    • 4/5

      Nov 25, 2020

      This just pulled me in and dragged me along to the finish!!! Good stuff!!
    • 5/5

      Sep 13, 2020

      A travel book. It was supposed to last for casual reading in the evening. But, could not put it down, and barely stop at all over a day and a half. Blew right thru it. Strange, exceptionally extreme terrorists, and Jack Reacher saving the world from itself and the terrorists!
    • 5/5

      Jun 5, 2020

      Jack Reacher stumbles on his latest story late at night on a New York subway. I love this guy and I love these stories and this one was no different. I can't wait for the next one.
    • 5/5

      Nov 8, 2019

      Another good installment in the Jack Reacher series. Whilst this one starts a little differently with Reacher already in situ rather than drifting about, it nonetheless is the familiar format of problem crosses his path, Reacher becomes unreasonably attached to solving said problem, action ensues.

      Does that make it dull? Not by any means, it's different enough to the prior books that it doesn't feel like it's a rehashed formula format, but rather feels like a new adventure as Reacher battles a variety of adversaries, some within his own government.

      Overall, it's a pretty enthralling read with some nice twists in the story line as things unfold.
    • 4/5

      Aug 31, 2019

      I liked this one for its setting - NYC. Pretty consistent with Reacher's character, though it was a bit of as stretch of how Reacher became involved in the issues of this plot - that seemed a bit forced. But enjoyed it overall.
    • 3/5

      Oct 5, 2018

      A Jack Reacher -novel as good or as bad as every other Reacher -book. Reacher is a "man that every man wants to be and a man that every woman wants to sleep with". These are adult fairy tales. But Child writes well and every chapter ends with a cliffhanger. So perfect reading for plane, train or bus. And furthermore, when you have read the book you can just leave it for he next reader who wants to get his adrenaline doze, Like Reacher you don't ever wnat to come back.
    • 5/5

      Oct 3, 2018

      Starts with a suspected suicide bomber then gets a little more complicated!
    • 4/5

      Nov 25, 2017

      Like John Sanford, Lee child is one of the authors I have wanted to try for a while now but never seemed to get around to reading. When Gone Tomorrow came my way, I couldn't resist--even if it meant jumping into a series 13 books in. Fortunately, Gone Tomorrow is one of those series books that stands alone just fine. Although, I have to admit that I'm even more curious about Jack Reacher's past now. Imagine living your life in such simplicity that you travel at will, have no home, no luggage, with just a toothbrush and your wallet in your pocket.

      That's the way we first meet Jack Reacher in Gone Tomorrow. Ex-military, he is extremely skilled and observant. And so when he oberves a lone woman sitting in a subway car, meeting the criteria of a possible suicide bomber, Reacher has no choice but to take notice. After mulling the idea of what to do over in his head, he approaches the woman cautiously, not sure what to expect.

      From that moment on, the story that unfolds is full of unexpected twists and turns and multi-layered. Reacher finds himself the target of both the bad and the good guys. The novel reminded me of a Greg Rucka novel, with the tough, no nonsense hero at its helm. It's purely entertaining even if not entirely believable--and that's okay. It was easy to fall into Jack Reacher's world for a short while and ride the subways of New York along with him. I was hooked from page one.

      At this point, I am not really sure what I think of Jack Reacher himself. I would like to have seen a more vulnerable side to him, I think. There is no doubt he is intelligent. He does his own thing, no matter the consequences, wanting to get to the truth of a situation. He is just as likely to use his brain as his fist, and there's no shortage of good fight scenes in the book. He definitely isn't someone I would want to mess with--or necessarily invite over for lunch.

      As much fun as I had reading Gone Tomorrow, I cannot say whether or not this will become a series I will love. I am eager to start with book one in the series, however. I have a feeling Jack will grow on me, and I hear those earlier books in the series are not to be missed.
    • 3/5

      Jul 6, 2017

      Maybe it was because this was written in the first person, but I liked it a lot more than the other Reacher thrillers I've read (Killing Floor, A Wanted Man). The characters were interesting and I couldn't always guess what they might do. Several months after reading it, I can still recall elements of the plot and the emotions they evoked. This, to me, is a sign of a good book.
    • 5/5

      Apr 30, 2017

      Yes, it is our hero, the inimitable Jack none Reacher, once again! And once more he is the wrong guy, in the wrong place at the wrong time.... or is he actually, by happenstance, the right guy in the right place at the exact right time? As he continues his rolling stone journey through life he opens up a huge can of worms, in of all places, a NYC subway car, with possible national security implications. As a result he is soon neck deep in in suicide, murders, internecine law enforcement feuds, international politics and terrorists. Using his prodigious skills of observation, analysis, and a knowledge about how the world, and individuals, really function, he does what he does best - solve the problems, find the bad guys, open up a colossal can of whoop ass, and set things right. Lee Child, as he always does, hooks you early and ensures you stay for the whole ride - you find yourself eager to read the next page to find out what Reacher see and knows, that no one else has yet figured out. Great fun read!
    • 3/5

      Jun 22, 2016

      Slow getting started for me, but around page 120, it really picked up and was hard to put down. What kept me from really liking it was the main character, Jack Reacher. Yes, I realize this is like the 13th Reacher books, so I'm probably one of the few who don't like him, but he is so arrogant and cocky. It was hard for me to like him.
    • 4/5

      Mar 27, 2016

      Jack outwits Al Queda, Homeland Security, FBI, and NYPD finding out why a woman killed herself on a subway car (as he watched).
    • 5/5

      Jun 21, 2015

      Another great book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Reacher takes on Al Qaeda to protect the past of a congressman.
    • 3/5

      Jul 17, 2014

      This effort was reasonably entertaining as Reacher works go. A lot of bad guys were wasted in this NYC travelogue. Not sure I ever did understand what the two women terrorists were attempting to accomplish or why the government employee committed suicide?
    • 5/5

      Jun 29, 2014

      If you have seen my earlier reviews, then you know I am a Lee Child fan. Some of his Jack Reacher novels are better than others, and I found this story of dealing with terrorists in New York a very good page-turner. The reader does wonder how Reacher keeps finding himself in these crazy situations in which he faces corrupt or evil (or both) bad guys and instead of turning and moving on, decides it's his duty to see the issue to the end. Who wins? Well, there are several Reacher novels after this one!
    • 5/5

      Jan 22, 2014

      Jack Reacher thinks he has seen a suicide bomber on the New York subway. The choice he makes about how to act goes onto have far reaching consequences. What else can I say apart from it's a Jack Reacher book? It's a great story, well told. It doesn't aspire to be high brow literature, but it is clever and the plot is well executed. If you want a book you can plough through in a couple of days then look no further.
    • 4/5

      Dec 4, 2013

      Any book that takes place in New York gets extra points, and this one had a definite sense of place. Jack Reacher witnessed a late night incident on the subway, and the story progressed from there. Cops, foreign operatives, good guys, bad guys, violence... just an ordinary few days in Reacher's life.
    • 4/5

      Aug 22, 2013

      Another Jack Reacher book! I've randomly listened to these mixed through the series and I've enjoyed listening to each and every one of them. Reacher is the guy who says and does the things many of us think should be said and done and he does it well and without remorse. This one is no exception. Jack is riding a train when he notices a woman who ticks off all the signs of a suicide bomber, only to have her just commit suicide. Jack decides to find out why. In so doing he steps into something much larger and more dangerous than anyone was expecting. Being warned off by Federal agents who wouldn't even bother to identify themselves only made him dig in his heals.

      Once again Reacher is going to come out on top, because that is what he does. He wins, the bad guys lose and everyone is happier for it. Not even Al Qaeda terrorists make him flinch.