Jack Reacher creator Lee Child tells us what makes his thrillers so popular


Author Lee Child (right) in a scene with Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher in the movie 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' that's based on Child's 2013 novel. A Netflix series on the Jack Reacher books is in the works, says Child, but it won't star Cruise. — Paramount Pictures/Skydance Productions

THE Jack Reacher books sell in the millions globally and have been described as “famously unputdownable” by no less than the highly respected book section in The Times. So how do you create a series that has readers continuously hooked, ever eager to discover what will happen?

By not having a plan.

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