Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from "a superb craftsman of suspense" ( Entertainment Weekly ).
A native of England and a former television director, Lee Child lives in New York City..
Foreign rights in the Reacher series have sold in one hundred territories.
All his novels have been optioned for major motion pictures--including Jack Reacher (based on One Shot ) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back .
Fans will enjoy learning more of this enduring character\'s roots, and Child\'s spare prose continues to set a very high bar." -- Publishers Weekly (boxed and starred review) "Another first-class entry in a series that continues to set the gold standard for aspiring thriller authors." -- Booklist (starred review) "With his usual flair for succinctness and eye for detail, Child creates another rollicking Reacher road trip that will please fans and newcomers alike." -- Library Journal (starred review) About the Author Lee Child is the author of twenty-three New York Times bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers, with fourteen having reached the #1 position, and the #1 bestselling complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name .
Child neatly interweaves multiple narratives, ratchets up the suspense (the reveal of the motel plot is delicious), and delivers a powerful, satisfying denouement. . .
You need Jack Reacher." -- The Atlantic "Superb . . . .
Reacher is a man for whom the phrase moral compass was invented: His code determines his direction. . . .
Praise for Past Tense "Child is one writer who should never be taken for granted." -- The New York Times Book Review " Lee Child] shows no signs of slowing down.
Don\'t miss a sneak peek of Lee Child\'s Novel Blue Moon in the back of the book. and deadly. . .
Then Reacher makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the Past can be tense .
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.
He\'s told no one named Reacher ever lived in town.
The next morning, in the city clerk\'s office, Reacher asks about the old family home.
It\'s a strange place, but it\'s all there is.
The owners seem almost too friendly.
Now they\'re stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere.
Two young Canadians had been on their way to New York City to sell a treasure.
At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down.
He thinks, What\'s one extra day? He takes the detour.
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 doesn\'t get far.
He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California.
Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb.
Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from "a superb craftsman of suspense" ( Entertainment Weekly )
