Persuader
by Lee Child
Persuader is the seventh Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child, first published by Bantam Press in the UK on 7 April 2003, with Delacorte Press publishing in the US. Narrated by Reacher, it sees him go undercover in a smuggler's organisation to settle an old score.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Bantam Books, 2003
- First published
- Bantam Press, 2003
- Series
- Jack Reacher
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Who published the first edition of Persuader?
The first edition of Persuader by Lee Child was published by Bantam Books in 2003.
How many editions of Persuader are there?
We track 2 editions of Persuader, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Persuader (novel), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Persuader (Q1184851), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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