Jack "No Middle Name" Reacher,lone wolf,knight errant,ex military cop,lover of women,scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs,is the most iconic hero for our age.
This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume that includes a brand-new novella,Too Much Time. Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written:'Small Wars'which takes readers back to 1989,when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in Georgia-and whose killer may be hiding in plain sight. In'Not a Drill,'Reacher tries to take some downtime,but a pleasant hike in Maine turns into a walk on the wild side-and perhaps something far more sinister.'High Heat'time-hops to 1977,when Reacher is a teenager in sweltering New York City during a sudden blackout that awakens the dark side of the city that never sleeps. Okinawa is the setting of'Second Son,'which reveals the pivotal moment when young Reacher's sharp "lizard brain"becomes just as important as his muscle.
In'Deep Down,'Reacher tracks down a spy by matching wits with four formidable females-three of whom are clean,but the fourth may prove fatal. Rounding out the collection are'Guy Walks into a Bar,''James Penney's New Identity,''Everyone Talks,''The Picture of the Lonely Diner,''Maybe They Have a Tradition,'and'No Room at the Motel.'
Waterstones have been following the nail-biting exploits of Jack Reacher since he first loped into town inKilling Floorin 1997,a striking figure standing at 6ft5 all dirty-blond hair,with a chip on his shoulder and a lethal ability. His creator Lee Child lays claim to the fact that every second somewhere in the world somebody buys one of his novels. He starts every new novel on the same date,the 1st September and has managed to keep fans coming back for more every time,he says of thriller-writing'It's the only real genre and all the other stuff has grown on the side of it like barnacles'.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9780857503770Number of pages: 480Weight: 325 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"After 21 missions in 20 years no one can be in any doubt that messing up bad guys is what the ex-military policeman does best - and these 12 tall tales suggest he's been doing it all his life... Lee Child,like his creation,always knows exactly what he's doing - and he does it well. Time in his company is never wasted. " - Mark Sanderson,Evening Standard
"This collection of every short story Child has penned about the rootless Reacher will serve to keep any cravings at bay...True fans will love this." - Irish Independent
"If you ever wonder about the past of Jack Reacher - the action hero whose adventures shift millions - then get this collection of short stories. Including a new novella,the clever,twisty tales reveal that even the 13-year-old Reacher was a force to be reckoned with." - Sunday Mirror
Lee Child
One of Waterstones'very favourite authors,Lee Child sprang from redundancy at Granada Television in 1995 to rise to thriller-writing pre-eminence with his sequence of stories featuring ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. A huge draw at countless Waterstones events,working with Lee over the years has for us always been an absolute pleasure.
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