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Where The Affair sits
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- Book 16 of Jack Reacher. See all Jack Reacher books in order
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- Worth Dying For
- The book after
- A Wanted Man
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- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against jackreacher.com
What The Affair is about
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- In 1997 a young woman is found dead in Carter Crossing, Mississippi, and the evidence implicates a soldier from a nearby base. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Carter Crossing, Mississippi ... 1997 ... solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base
- The soldier is well connected in Washington, and Jack Reacher, an elite military cop, is ordered to go undercover. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover
- His orders are to learn everything he can, keep the local police in line and then vanish. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish
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Other books in Jack Reacher
30 books listed so far
- Book 1: Killing Floor
- Book 2: Die Trying
- Book 3: Tripwire
- Book 4: Running Blind
- Book 5: Echo Burning
- Book 6: Without Fail
- Book 7: Persuader
- Book 8: The Enemy
- Book 9: One Shot
- Book 10: The Hard Way
- Book 11: Bad Luck and Trouble
- Book 12: Nothing to Lose
- Book 13: Gone Tomorrow
- 61 Hours
- Book 15: Worth Dying For
- Book 17: A Wanted Man
- Book 18: Never Go Back
- Book 19: Personal
- Book 20: Make Me
- Book 21: Night School
- Book 22: The Midnight Line
- Book 23: Past Tense
- Book 24: Blue Moon
- Book 25: The Sentinel
- Book 26: Better Off Dead
- Book 27: No Plan B
- Book 28: The Secret
- Book 29: In Too Deep
- Book 30: Exit Strategy
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