{"product_id":"safe-enough-and-other-stories-9781613167144","title":"Safe Enough: And Other Stories","description":"You know Jack Reacher. Now meet twenty more heroes and heavies from the brilliant mind of legendary crime author Lee Child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A drug-dealing hit man feels that he must unburden his fears and guilt to a stranger in \"Ten Keys.\" A rookie cop in \"Normal in Every Way\" is assigned to the department's file room, where he makes connections to historic dates that could lead to solving crimes. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. A potential worker for the Manhattan Project is carefully surveilled by an FBI agent. A killer preys on other killers. Taken together, these stories are a riotous calamity of criminals and crime fighters; individually, they are expertly crafted, piercing tales that hit hard enough to leave a mark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These twenty intriguing, thrilling, and rapid-fire fictions are intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, sure to please new and longtime fans of Child and to illuminate a side of the author's work unknown to Reacher devotees. Featuring a colorful new introduction from the author, the collection stands as the first book written entirely by Child in four years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Child\u003c\/b\u003e was born on October 29, 1954, in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's \"golden age.\" During his tenure his company made \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel in the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrime Suspect\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCracker\u003c\/i\u003e. But he was fired in 1995 at the age of forty as a result of corporate restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bought six dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book, \u003ci\u003eKilling Floor\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in the Jack Reacher series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mysterious Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635480822034,"sku":"9781613167144","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad4f060f-4667-4e57-accb-e6c69ff51d22.jpg?v=1772529153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/safe-enough-and-other-stories-9781613167144","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}