Past Tense: (Jack Reacher 23)

· Jack Reacher Book 23 · Transworld Digital · Narrated by Jeff Harding
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.

**NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON**

JACK REACHER NEVER LOOKS BACK . . . UNTIL NOW.

The present can be tense . . .

A young couple trying to get to New York City are stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. Before long they're trapped in an ominous game of life and death.

But the past can be worse . . .

Meanwhile, Jack Reacher sets out on an epic road trip across America. He doesn't get far. Deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. But when he arrives he is told no one named Reacher ever lived there. Now he wonders: who's lying?

As the tension ratchets up and these two stories begin to entwine, the stakes have never been higher for Reacher.

That's for damn sure.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Past Tense is the 23rd in the series.


'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' - Mick Herron.

‘Jeff Harding’s [...] narration captures Reacher’s character perfectly [...] you have to savour every minute.’ The Sunday Times

© Lee Child 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018

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4.5
40 reviews
A Google user
December 4, 2018
Maybe I've read too many Reacher books but this book and like Wilbur Smith's novels familiarity breeds contempt (no offence ...hope none taken) was slower than some to bring the pieces together and more of the same when Lee Child actually did. Favourite phrases were used like a like comfortable chair. Having said that maybe the buildup anticipation was also a kind of nod to one of the themes of the novel or a mirror to the readers as to which of our needs are met in his books. BUT depth aside look for the clues as to the Authors current mindset as to how he will draw the curtains on Jack Reacher.
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Ray Weir
January 6, 2023
Would be the basis of a good TV series, if Alan Ritchson played Reacher.
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Shannon Esteves
August 23, 2019
Fantastic read, as always! Great plot and plenty of suspense!!
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About the author

Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards including Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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