The novels of Lee Child are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2012 by Lee Child
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Child, Lee.
Jack Reacher's rules / with an introduction by Lee Child.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-345-54429-2
Ebook ISBN 978-0-345-54430-8
1. Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Ex-police officers—Fiction.
3. Police—Handbooks, manuals, etc.—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.H4838J33 2012
813'.54—dc23 2012038282
Compiled by Val Hudson
Designed by Nick Avery Design
Original research by Dot Youngs
Cover design and illustration: Carlos Beltrán
www.bantamdell.com
v3.1
Jack Reacher, of no fixed address, is a former major in the U.S. Military Police. Since leaving the army, the authorities have not been able to locate his whereabouts, although his name mysteriously crops up from time to time in connection with investigations into murders, terrorist threats, and other breaches of the law.
CONTENTS
Be Prepared
Breaking and Entering
Choose Your Weapons
The Rules of Coffee
Conquer Your Fear
Confronting Death
Cracking Codes and Passwords
Dogs
Fighting
Food
First Aid
Getting Mad
Hand-to-Hand Combat
How to Shake Hands
Hitchhiking—the Rules
How to Extract Information
Know How to Find Your Way Around a City
Keep on the Move
Lessons Learned in the Military
Live off the Grid
On Walking Through a Thirty-Inch Doorway
How to Tell if They’re Lying
Man Walks into a Bar—the Rules
Noticing Stuff
Personal Grooming
Why It’s Not Smart to Have a Phone
Use Your Wits—Psychology
Sleep
Knowing the Time
Travel Light
When to Speak
How to Win the Battle
How to Win the War
Man’s Toys
Women
How to Leave Town
INTRODUCTION
