A new book from the world’s number one thriller writer is definitely something to celebrate.
Author Lee Child, of Jack Reacher fame, has just released Safe Enough, a collection of 20 nail-biting short stories.
Each story comes with an introduction from the king of thriller writers, and features finely plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst.
In the collection, the reader meets assassins, CIA agents, gangsters and more.
In the stories, a drug-dealing hit man confides his fears to a stranger, while in another a ruthless killer makes sure he only kills the bad guys. In a further tale, a methodical bodyguard quits his job when he’s outsmarted.
The one thing all the short stories have in common is that they are gripping page turners.
Born and raised in England, Lee Child now lives in New York. It’s claimed that his Jack Reacher novels are so popular that one is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. He is a regular number one on bestseller lists around the world, having sold more than one hundred million copies.
After being named Author of the Year in the 2019 British Book Awards, another claim to fame was awaiting him – his appointment as Commander of the British Empire in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Safe Enough by Lee Child is published by Penguin Random House and out now at bookshops and online. www.penguin.com.au

• Julie Houghton