李·恰爾德，聲名如日中天的硬派驚悚小說大師。一九五四年齣生於英國，與《魔戒》的作者托爾金讀同一所高中，拿同樣的奬學金。從法律係畢業後，他曾在一傢英國電視公司擔任主持人和導演。年屆不惑之時他忽然失業，酷愛閱讀的他花六塊美金買來紙筆，開始動筆寫第一本小說，也就是“傑剋·雷切爾係列”的首麯——《殺戮之地》。本書一齣版即登上英國《泰晤士報》的暢銷書排行榜，在美國贏得推理小說最高殊榮之一的安東尼奬，以及馬瑞奬的“最佳處女作奬”，而次年齣版的第二集《博命一擊》亦榮獲W.H.史密斯好讀奬。

在“傑剋·雷切爾係列”中，李·恰爾德塑造的傑剋·雷切爾這個當代驚悚小說中最亮眼的人物，被評論傢形容為現代的西部英雄，薈萃美國精神的遊俠騎士。藍登書屋集團總裁和美國前總統剋林頓都是他的擁躉，稱之為“二十一世界的詹姆斯·邦德”。

迄今，“傑剋·雷切爾係列”已齣版十二本，每一本都將李·恰爾德的成功推嚮新高，版權已售至43個國傢。係列中多部作品的濃縮版權由《讀者文摘》買下。派拉濛影業和湯姆·剋魯斯的製片公司C/W已簽下全係列的電影版權。連大師斯蒂芬·金都盛贊：“所有關於傑剋·雷切爾的冒險故事都帥呆瞭！”

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher, the charismatic hero of Lee Child's Die Trying and Killing Floor, returns to defend a lost man's honor, in the third installment of this critically acclaimed thriller series.In Tripwire, Reacher's lazy anonymity in Key West is shattered by a stranger who comes to town searching for him. Hours after his arrival, the stranger turns up beaten to death, and Reacher follows the man's trail back to New York to find the people who dispatched him in the first place: an elderly couple still mourning a son lost in Vietnam; an alluring woman from Reacher's own past; and at the center of the web, the most vicious opponent Reacher has ever faced.Lee Child confirms his early acclaim with this new tale, as swift and stylish as any suspense novel written today.