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By Lee Child

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The Affair by Lee Child is a must-read for enthusiasts who are looking up "Jack Reacher origin story" or "The Affair Lee Child book summary." Happening prior to the happenings of Killing Floor, the prequel whisks readers back to Reacher's last days as a military police officer. When a woman is discovered murdered in a tiny Mississippi town adjacent to a clandestine army base, Reacher is dispatched undercover to uncover the truth and determine whether or not military personnel are implicated. The novel is wrapped in secrecy, small-town distrust, and government cover-ups. As Reacher digs deeper, he finds more than one mystery. Another woman is gone, and the local sheriff—a keen and capable woman named Elizabeth Deveraux—is not far behind her in having suspicions, and the military appears anxious to close the entire affair. Reacher is forced to bridge conflicting loyalties, government coercion, and his own sense of right and wrong in search of justice. Written with Lee Child's characteristic pacing and incisive prose, The Affair deepens Reacher's character and shows the pivotal moment that forced him to leave the military and become the solitary drifter hero familiar to readers. The Affair combines military thriller with whodunit classic, giving readers a thrilling glimpse into the genesis of one of contemporary fiction's most intriguing protagonists.