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Edited by Lee Child, MATCH UP pairs up twenty-two of your favourite crime writers and their iconic characters in this unique short story collection.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ...

Lee Child´s Jack Reacher will team up with Kathy Reichs´ Temperance Brennan to unmask a cunning killer. Val McDermid´s Tony Hill and Carol Jordan work with Peter James´s Roy Grace on a very unusual murder case.

These are just some of the never-before-seen pairings in Match Up - a brand new collaboration between the world´s famous crime writers. Edited be international bestseller Lee Child, this exclusive page-turning anthology promises the same thrills and chills brought to you by the previous collection, Face Off. Read on for the full list of author and character pairings:

Diana Gabaldon´s Claire Randall Fraser + Steve Berry´s Cotton Malone
Lisa Scottoline´s Bennie Rosato + Nelson DeMille´s John Corey
Sandra Brown´s Lee Coburn + C.J. Box´s Joe Pickett
Kathy Reichs´s Temperance Brennan + Lee Child´s Jack Reacher
Val McDermid´s Tony Hill + Peter James´s Roy Grace
Charlaine Harris´s Harper Connelly + Andrew Gross´s Ty Hauck
Gayle Lynds´s Liz Sansborough + David Morrell´s Rambo
Karin Slaughter´s Jeffrey Tolliver + Michael Koryta´s Lincoln Perry
Lara Adrian´s Lucan Thorne + Christopher Rice
J.A. Jance´s Ali Reynolds + Eric Van Lustbader´s Bravo Shaw
Lisa Jackson´s Regan Pescoli + John Sandford´s Lucas Davenport

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´A perfect book for the sun lounger . . . a delicious confection of fast-moving stories with emotional heart´ Daily Mail

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DeMille, Nelson

Nelson DeMille is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one novels, including his most recent #1 New York Times bestseller, The Cuban Affair. Two of his novels, Mayday and Word of Honour, were made into TV movies, and The General´s Daughter was made into a major motion picture starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers.

Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and a member and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 Thriller Master of the Year. He lives on Long Island with his family.

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