Past Tense (Jack Reacher, #23)

Posted on 13 December 2018 by Lee Child

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. New Read Past Tense (Jack Reacher, #23) Author Lee Child For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This is the second book by Lee Child that I have read and I definitely enjoyed this onethan the other which was The Midnight Line I liked the dual storyline which converges later on in the story However I did feel that the one with Reacher in it, looking into his family tree to be quite slow moving and a bit dry The second story line with the two young people stranded finally at athan creepy motel was the most interesting in the book.I like my characters well drawn and I think This is the second book by Lee Child that I have read a...I ve been reading the Jack Reacher series since Lee Child wrote his first How wonderful it is after finishing 23 in the series to say it s definitely one of my favorites Jack Reacher, our 6 5 ex military hero is on a journey from Maine to California and decides to take a pit stop in Laconia, New Hampshire to check out his father s birthplace Scanning through records at town hall and researching census from long ago bring him in contact with a lot of different characters some nice and some I ve been reading the Jack Reacher series since Lee Child wrote his first How wonderful it is after finishing 23 in the series to say it s definitely one of my favorites Jack Reacher, our 6 5 ex military hero is on a journey from Maine to California and decides to take a pit stop in Laconia, New Hampshire to check out his father s birthplace Scanning through records at town hall and researching census from long ago bring him in contact with a lot of different characters some nice and some not so nice I always like to see the not so nice come into play as this means some action is to be expected I ve got to tell you I love his hand to hand fighting skills that emerge and the surprise of his foes Bring on all the details My father had us watching every war movie and John Wayne film since I was a kid I love, love, seeing Reacher bea...Jack Reacher has apparently been thrilling readers for twenty years No one told me Although this is only my second Reacher novel and its number 23 with a bullet , count me in as a fan Reacher is an ex MP who has taken to wandering the country, heading here and there for the barest of reasons Well, he likes a puzzle and is curiouser than any ten cats Along the way, Reacher always seems to stumble into trouble Here, he returns to his father s hometown and decides to see his dad s old haunts Jack Reacher has apparently been thrilling readers for twenty years No one told me Although this is only my second Reacher novel and its number 23 with a bullet , count me in as a fan Reacher is an ex MP who has taken to wandering the country, heading here and there for the barest of reasons Well, he likes a puzzle and is curiouser than any ten cats Along the way, Reacher always seems to stumble into trouble Here, he returns to his father s hometown and decides to see his dad s old haunts Meanwhile, a couple of Canadians head south on an adventure of their own, one perhaps that could have been better planned and in a car that certainly could have been better maintained Their adventures could not have put them in abizarre and offbeat predicament Of course, eventually their paths will cross I found this to be an enjoyab...They are all so good but this one is straight out spectacular Telling you about the tension I felt reading this one I had to stop at some point after about page 100 to relax with some physical work exertions to get unwound and to distract myself enough to be able to swallow my own spit It was creepy, evil terrifying the premise AND the execution of i...Our itinerate hero Jack Reacher is headed from Maine to San Diego and decides to make a visit to Laconia, New Hampshire, where he heard his father grew up Before he died, he never did share with Jack much about his childhood beyond the fact that he ran away from home and joined the Marines in World War 2 All he remembers is him talking his father Stan having a position with a tin plant of some kind While Jack explores family history in town, we are treated to the misadventures of a poor, youn Our itinerate hero Jack Reacher is headed from Maine to San Diego and decides to make a visit to Laconia, New Hampshire, where he heard his father grew up Before he died, he never did share with Jack much about his childhood beyond the fact that he ran away from home and joined the Marines in World War 2 All he remembers is him talking his father Stan having a position with a tin plant of some kind While Jack explores family history in town, we are treated to the misadventures of a poor, young married couple on the way from Canada to Boston who end up stuck at a strange mot...4.5 stars, actually.Honestly, I m not at all sure how much I d like Jack Reacher if I met him in person because he doesn t pull any punches, but I m certain I d want him on my side in a fight for the same reason And in this, the 23rd book in the series, he gets plenty of opportunity to practice his considerable skill.The story begins as Reacher walks and hitchhikes near a remote and tiny town in New Hampshire on his way to wherever else the wind oraccurately, any driver who gives him a l 4.5 stars, actually.Honestly, I m not at all sure how much I d like Jack Reacher if I met him in person because he doesn t pull any punches, but I m certain I d want him on my side in a fight for the same reason And in this, the 2...First and foremost, my thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of PAST TENSE Mr Child has written another suspenseful Reacher installment Per his wrting style, the exposition is methodical However, in PAST TENSE the build up is slower than usual due to the lengthy, picayune details The reader can guess where this first storyline is headed early on and the albeit slow and steady build up piques the reader s curiosity and tickles the spidey sense, which builds up the susp First and foremost, my thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of PAST TENSE Mr Child has written another suspenseful Reacher installment Per his wrting style, the exposition is methodical Howev...I received this as an ARC from the publisher, who is well aware that I ve read every Lee Child book as a proof since the first one, twenty years ago Some are better than others in my view, and I think this is one of the best It has the pleasing simplicity of the early Reacher books the uncluttered landscapes, the quirky perspectives and unlike some of the author s later books, which try to vary the formula by relocating Reacher to Europe, or going back too far in time, this one hits the...Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing for this arc.I do adore Lee Child s Jack Reacher books In Past Tense, he strays a bit from his usual formula His ramblings take him into New Hampshire this time, not far from his father s childhood home and since he s not expected to be somewhere else and...I am a huge Jack Reacher fan and this book did not disappoint This book was different from Lee Child s other books and I liked it There were two seemingly unrelated storylines going on and I spent most of the book trying to figure out how they connected Also, the plot was not at all predictable an...

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13 December 2018

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