What book is Reacher Season 2 based on?
As mentioned above, Reacher Season 2 is based on Lee Child’s novel Bad Luck and Trouble. The book is the eleventh title in the series, so quite a lot of Reacher’s fictional journey is omitted. This must have been a difficult decision to be made by the production team, jumping ahead nine titles, but it may have been strategic, in an attempt to keep the series fresh and exciting.
It is also a story that strongly features the character of Frances Neagley, one of the few recurring characters in the franchise. She debuted in the book Without Fail, the sixth in the series, but the Prime Video show elected to introduce her in Season 1 and work her into the plot of Killing Floor. The 110th MP Special Investigators, a unit of which both Reacher and Neagley were a part, was also namechecked in Season 1 dialogue. This all implies that it was always the intention for Season 2 to be based on this particular novel.
Who writes the Jack Reacher books?
The Jack Reacher books are written by British author Jim Grant but under the pen name of Lee Child. There are twenty-six books and multiple short stories featuring the character, and as well as this streaming series, Tom Cruise has played the character in two theatrically released movies.
Notably, beginning with the twenty-fifth book in the series, The Sentinal, Lee Child began co-writing the books with his brother Andrew, with the intention of having Andrew eventually take over completely. This marked a severe downturn in the quality of the recent novels, with some suggesting that Andrew had been handling almost all of the writing responsibilities the entire time.
