NMLP P-019193 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Affair

Lee Child · Delacorte Press · 2011

Unusually for the series, the US Delacorte Press edition (27 September 2011) preceded the UK Bantam Press edition (29 September 2011) by two days, making the US Delacorte the true first. Sixteenth Reacher novel; a prequel set before Killing Floor.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019193 for "The Affair" by Lee Child (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019193, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).