The Affair (Child novel)

The Affair
Book cover
AuthorLee Child
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJack Reacher
Release number
16
GenreThriller novel
PublisherBantam Press (UK)
Delacorte Press (US)
Publication date
27 September 2011 (US)
29 September 2011 (UK)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), audio, eBook
Pages416
ISBN978-0-385-34432-6
OCLC704383266
Preceded byWorth Dying For 
Followed byA Wanted Man 

The Affair is the sixteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child but is a prequel set chronologically before most of them. It was published on 27 September 2011 in the USA[1] and 29 September 2011 in the United Kingdom.[2] The Affair is a prequel set six months before Child's first novel, Killing Floor[3] and setting out the explosive circumstances under which Reacher's career in the United States Army was terminated. This book is written in the first person.

  1. ^ "The Affair (Hardcover)". Amazon.com. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ^ "The Affair (Hardcover)". Amazon.co.uk. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Lee Child's website". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.