Imagined crossover · Spies and action
What if Jack Reacher met Harry Bosch?
Two hard men, one city. Both are veterans with an unbending sense of justice and little patience for politics or rank. Each would recognise the other within minutes.
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The pair
Jack ReacherFormer US Army military police major who drifts across AmericaBy Lee Child · Jack Reacher · first in Killing Floor
Harry BoschLAPD homicide detective, later retiredBy Michael Connelly · Harry Bosch · first in The Black Echo
Chemistry7/10
Friction8/10
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Where and when
Los Angeles
The 2000s
The story
- How they might meet
- Reacher passes through Los Angeles on the trail of an old army friend, and the body he finds in the hills lands on Bosch’s desk.
- Why they would work
- Both are veterans with an unbending sense of justice and little patience for politics or rank. Each would recognise the other within minutes.
- What each brings
- Bosch knows the system and how to make it work. Reacher knows how to get answers outside it, and how to finish a fight.
- Where they would clash
- Bosch works inside the law, however reluctantly; Reacher answers to nobody. Bosch would spend half the case trying to keep Reacher out of handcuffs, and the other half wondering whether he should put them on him himself.
Strengths compared
Jack Reacher Harry Bosch
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Killing FloorLee Child · 1997 · Jack Reacher's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- The Black EchoMichael Connelly · 1992 · Harry Bosch's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
