The Visitor
by Lee Child
★ Top 25 book of 2000 · #19 on Best Books of 2000
Two former army high-flyers, both acquainted with Jack Reacher, turn up dead in their own homes in baths filled with paint. The trail points to an army man much like Reacher himself, making this a chilling serial killer thriller.
Best for: Thriller fans who like Jack Reacher and chilling serial killer plots.
The Visitor is #19 on BookWard's Best Books of 2000, out of 45 2000 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Visitor is about
A string of killings has hit close to home for Jack Reacher. The victims are women who once served in the army, and two of them, Amy Callan and Caroline Cook, were people he knew. The FBI's profile of the killer points to someone very much like Reacher himself. With no alibi, he becomes a suspect.
His lawyer girlfriend, Jodie Garber-Jacob, gets him out of questioning, but the Bureau soon pressures him into helping, with a threat that reaches Jodie too. He is paired with two agents, profiler Julia Lamarr and Lisa Harper, and the three must work together while trust runs thin. Told partly through the killer's own unsettling voice, this fourth Reacher story turns on who holds knowledge and who holds power. In the US it was published as Running Blind.
The Visitor on the Best Books of 2000
The Visitor came out in 2000. Of the 45 books first published in 2000 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #19 on our Best Books of 2000 list.
Why it made the list: 283 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.5 out of 5 (16 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2000 list
- The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot, #17
- Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris, #18
- The Austere Academy Lemony Snicket, #20
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More years: Best Books of 1999 Best Books of 2001.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 227 want to read it, 10 are reading it now and 46 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 from 16 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 67 | 55% |
| Reader love | 7 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 42 | 20% |
Questions about The Visitor
When was The Visitor published?
The Visitor by Lee Child was first published in 2000.
Was The Visitor one of the best books of 2000?
The Visitor is #19 on BookWard's Best Books of 2000, out of 45 2000 books that cleared our data bar. 283 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.5 out of 5 (16 ratings).
Why is The Visitor on the Best Books of 2000 list?
283 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.5 out of 5 (16 ratings).
More of the best books of 2000
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling, #1
- The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene, #2
- Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo, #3
- The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson, #4
- Life of Pi Yann Martel, #5
- Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan, #6
See the full Best Books of 2000, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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