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Without Fail — Content Guide for Parents

By Lee ChildBantam BooksISBN 9780857500090576 pages
Without Fail

Found in this book

  • ViolenceSupporting
  • ProfanitySupporting
  • Sexual contentBrief

Not found

  • Scary content
  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Climate
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

A Washington woman asks Reacher for help. Her job? Protecting the Vice-President. Discover the action-packed thriller from the global bestselling author.

'Lee Child's protagonist, Jack Reacher, is a hero in the Dirty Harry style, a man who lives by his own principles . . . Produces a surprising twist when it's least expected.' Sunday Telegraph

'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' Daily Mirror

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Jack Reacher walks alone.

No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job.

Her job?

Protecting the Vice-President of the United States.

Her problem?

Someone wants the VP dead.

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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Without Fail is the 6th in the series.

And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! **OUT NOW**


Lee Child, Sunday Times bestselling author October 2024

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Without Fail appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The story involves a team of assassins shooting at the Vice President and ends in a gunfight, described by reviewers as explosive and brutal. A reviewer says the book has some profanity, with many uses of a common mild-to-strong swear word but no stronger one.

  • Does Without Fail have violence?

    Found (Supporting): The story involves a team of assassins shooting at the Vice President and ends in a gunfight, described by reviewers as explosive and brutal.

  • Does Without Fail have scary content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Without Fail have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Without Fail have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Without Fail have profanity?

    Found (Supporting): A reviewer says the book has some profanity, with many uses of a common mild-to-strong swear word but no stronger one.

  • Does Without Fail have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Without Fail have sexual content?

    Found (Brief): A reviewer notes a short on-page sex scene, and another review lists rape as a content warning.

  • Does Without Fail have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Without Fail have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.