The Hard Way
- Published
- 16 May 2006
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9781405614566
- Type
- novel
About this book
In "The Hard Way" (2006-05-16), Lee Child sends his six-foot-five ex-military-police drifter into another town with trouble under its respectable surface, narrated in the alternating first- and third-person style the series uses throughout. It runs 448 pages.
Key facts about The Hard Way
The Hard Way is a novel by Lee Child. Readers have had it since 16 May 2006. It runs to 448 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Hard Way. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405614566 to find the main one.
The Hard Way is book 10 of 33 in the Jack Reacher series. The series has 33 published books. However, the series starts with Killing Floor (1997). Exit Strategy is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 11 November 2025.
Additionally, Lee Child writes Will Trent as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Secret is the latest published Lee Child book on file, from 24 October 2023.
About Lee Child
Lee Child is the pen name of British author Jim Grant, creator of the Jack Reacher series, one of the bestselling thriller franchises in modern publishing. Beginning with Killing Floor in 1997, the novels follow Reacher, a former U.S. Army military police major who wanders the country with no fixed home, repeatedly drawn into violence and injustice he feels compelled to correct. See every Lee Child book in order.
Its place in Jack Reacher
The Hard Way is book 10 in the Jack Reacher series. It follows One Shot. It is followed by Bad Luck and Trouble. See the full Jack Reacher reading order.
Jack Reacher is a former U.S. Army military police major who walks away from his uniform and, ultimately, from settled life altogether. He drifts across America with no home, no luggage and no plans — just a folding toothbrush, an ATM card and an unerring instinct for arriving in towns where something is badly wrong. Each novel drops this six-foot-five drifter into a self-contained mystery: a small-town conspiracy, a kidnapping, a crooked operation hiding behind respectable faces. Reacher investigates the way he…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9783442372096
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780440246008
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781596003293