Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel by Child, Lee

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Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from "a superb craftsman of suspense" (Entertainment Weekly).

Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What's one extra day? He takes the detour.

At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians had been on their way to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners seem almost too friendly. It's a strange place, but it's all there is.

The next morning, in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in town. He's always known his father left and never returned, but now Reacher wonders, Was he ever there in the first place?

As Reacher explores his father's life, and as the Canadians face lethal dangers, strands of different stories begin to merge. Then Reacher makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the past can be tense . . . and deadly.

Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 11/05/2018
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780399593512

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2018 pg. 55
Booklist 08/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 09/10/2018
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2018
Library Journal 10/15/2018 pg. 58
Shelf Awareness 12/11/2018

About the Author
Lee Child is the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with most having reached the #1 position, and the #1 bestselling complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in one hundred territories. A native of England and a former television director, Lee Child lives in New York City and Wyoming.