Nothing to Lose book cover by Lee Child

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Where Nothing to Lose sits

Series
Book 12 of Jack Reacher. See all Jack Reacher books in order
The book before
Bad Luck and Trouble
The book after
Gone Tomorrow
Order checked
Last checked: September 24, 2026, against jackreacher.com
Place in the series
It is book 12 of the Jack Reacher series. (jackreacher.com; read November 6, 2026) Jack Reacher ... Bad Luck and Trouble ... Nothing to Lose

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Publication
First published on March 24, 2008. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)

What Nothing to Lose is about

The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.

  • Reacher is just passing through, but minutes after he arrives a deputy ends up in the hospital. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) just passing through ... within minutes of his arrival a deputy is in the hospital
  • Back in Hope, he sets up a base to move against the town of Despair. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) Reacher is back in Hope, setting up a base of operations against Despair
  • There a huge walled-off industrial site is doing something no one is meant to see, and two young men have gone missing. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) walled-off industrial site does something nobody is supposed to see ... two young men have disappeared

Topics in this book

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Topics

  • Conspiracies
  • Jack Reacher

Places

  • Colorado

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in Jack Reacher

30 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: Killing Floor
  2. Book 2: Die Trying
  3. Book 3: Tripwire
  4. Book 4: Running Blind
  5. Book 5: Echo Burning
  6. Book 6: Without Fail
  7. Book 7: Persuader
  8. Book 8: The Enemy
  9. Book 9: One Shot
  10. Book 10: The Hard Way
  11. Book 11: Bad Luck and Trouble
  12. Book 13: Gone Tomorrow
  13. 61 Hours
  14. Book 15: Worth Dying For
  15. Book 16: The Affair
  16. Book 17: A Wanted Man
  17. Book 18: Never Go Back
  18. Book 19: Personal
  19. Book 20: Make Me
  20. Book 21: Night School
  21. Book 22: The Midnight Line
  22. Book 23: Past Tense
  23. Book 24: Blue Moon
  24. Book 25: The Sentinel
  25. Book 26: Better Off Dead
  26. Book 27: No Plan B
  27. Book 28: The Secret
  28. Book 29: In Too Deep
  29. Book 30: Exit Strategy

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