Jack Reacher book 8 · 2004
The Enemy
A prequel set on New Year’s Eve 1990. Major Jack Reacher of the military police is called to a motel where a two-star general has died, and a missing briefcase leads him and a young lieutenant, Summer, into a conspiracy at the end of the Cold War.
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Book facts
- Author
- Lee Child
- Series
- Jack Reacher, book 8 of 31
- Published
- 2004
- Setting
- Set in North Carolina
- Story order
- Book 1 by the story’s timeline
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Medium
In story order: before The Secret.
Who is in The Enemy
4 recurring or key characters from Lee Child’s chart. Introduces Josephine Reacher.
Lead 1
- Jack ReacherFormer US Army military police major who drifts across AmericaSet in 1990, while he is still in the army
Major 3
- Joe ReacherJack’s older brother, a Treasury investigatorAlive in 1990
- Josephine ReacherFirst appearanceJack and Joe’s French motherSeriously ill in Paris
- Leon GarberReacher’s former commanding officerReacher’s commander in 1990
Also featuring these characters
Other Lee Child books that share the most characters with The Enemy.
- Tripwire1999 · Jack Reacher · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Killing Floor1997 · Jack Reacher · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon