# Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel - Hardcover

by **Lee Child** (Author)

**#1 _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER - THE BLOCKBUSTER JACK REACHER SERIES THAT INSPIRED TWO MAJOR MOTION PICTURES AND THE STREAMING SERIES _REACHER_**

**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?  
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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 Biography

**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.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN

**Publication Date:** November 05, 2018

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