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For the band of the same name, see Die Trying (band).
Die Trying 
1998 Hardcover editionAuthor(s) Lee Child Country United States Language English Series Jack Reacher Genre(s) Thriller novel Publisher Putnam Publication date July 1998 Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) Pages 374 pp ISBN 0-399-14379-3 OCLC Number 37546904 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21 LC Classification PS3553.H4838 D54 1998 Preceded by Killing Floor Followed by Tripwire Die Trying is the second novel in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 1998 by Putnam.
Contents
Plot introduction
In Chicago, Jack Reacher stops to help Holly Johnson, an attractive young woman. For his pains he is kidnapped with no explanation. She claims to be an FBI agent, but is this the truth of the situation?
Plot summary
Having run short on cash, Reacher has paused in his travels and is working in Chicago when he stumbles into the kidnapping of FBI agent Holly Johnson and he is also held. The pair are whisked across the United States in the back of a stolen Ford Econoline van, while back in Chicago Holly's colleagues frantically piece together the puzzle of her sudden disappearance. Initially they are detained in a barn in North Dakota but Reacher kills one of their captors and hides the body (this is discovered later). They are moved on again in the van.
Arriving in Yorke County (fictional),a remote area of Montana, Reacher and Holly find themselves up against the Montana Militia, a band approximately 100 strong led by Beau Borken,a majestic yet ruthless megalomaniac intent on more than simple secession from the union. Holly is the daughter of a general - the head of the joint chiefs of staff. She's defensive about her family connections, having had to work hard to dispel notions of nepotism, so it's a while before she reveals to Reacher that she's also the President's god-daughter.
To add to the complications, there's Brogan, a mole infiltrated into the Chicago FBI team, and an undercover federal agent, Jackson, in the militia group. Before long, one betrays the other and Jackson dies a horrible death by being crucified in the woods.
Even as they close in on the Montana camp, the FBI believe that Reacher was part of the kidnap team. Reacher's old commanding officer, General Leon Garber, arrives to convince them otherwise and ends up playing a critical role.
Awards and nominations
- 2003 WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award winner.[1]
References
- ^ "WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award winners". everything2.com. http://everything2.com/title/W%2520H%2520Smith%2520Thumping%2520Good%2520Read%2520Award. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
External links
Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child Novel series Killing Floor • Die Trying • Tripwire • Running Blind • Echo Burning • Without Fail • Persuader • The Enemy • One Shot • The Hard Way • Bad Luck and Trouble • Nothing to Lose • Gone Tomorrow • 61 Hours • Worth Dying ForCategories:- 1998 novels
- American thriller novels
- Jack Reacher books
- Thriller novel stubs
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