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The Affair is a prequel novel to the Jack Reacher series of thriller novels by Lee Child. Summary of the Book Six months before the events of Killing Floor, Jack Reacher is still a major in the United States Army Military Police Corps. When a woman is found murdered behind a bar in Carter Crossing, close to the Mississippi army base, everyone begins to wonder if the killer is an ordinary citizen or a soldier sworn in to protect. Jack is sent undercover to help the county sheriff, an attractive woman who once served as a US Marine. It becomes obvious that her investigation is going nowhere. Could it be that the Pentagon wants to wrap this up? Or is the sheriff trying to hide the secret for some other reason? Read and find out in this exciting prequel and discover if the choices Jack Reacher makes will change his life, and his term in the army, forever. About Lee Child Lee Child is a British thriller novelist. He is best known for his Jack Reacher series of novels. The first novel in the series won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. All the Jack Reacher books have been optioned to be adapted into films. The first such title to be made adapted the novel One Shot into a 2012 film entitled Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise. Series Reading Order This is a prequel novel set before the first novel in the Jack Reacher Series, Killing Floor. However, by order of publication, it is the sixteenth title in the series.