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. A brand-new novella, Too Much Time, is included, as are those previously published only in ebook form: Second Son, James Penney’s New Identity, Guy Walks into a Bar, Deep Down, High Heat, Not a Drill and Small Wars. Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written: ‘Everyone Talks’, ‘Maybe They Have a Tradition’, ‘No Room at the Motel’ and ‘The Picture of the Lonely Diner’. Together, these 12 stories shed new light on Reacher’s past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world.
Short stories for those who are already Jack Reacher Fans When I’m not reading books germane to my profession as a minister and religion journalist, I like to read mysteries and thrillers. At the top of my list of must-read authors is Lee Child, who has written twenty-one novels featuring Jack Reacher, as well as the twelve short stories contained in No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories, just released by Delacorte Press on May 16.Â
Sort of like mental popcorn! If you are a “Reacher creature”, you know that when new material becomes available, all the other stuff you are reading gets set aside and you dive in. Actually figure this is 4.5 stars since any fiction this addicting is most worthy. Slight discount since many of the stories stretch credulity (which I can’t reveal with risking massive spoilers), but it is fun to have Jack Reacher stories delivered in short intense bursts – like “mind candy”. I enjoyed the varying locations and…
Great Collection, Good to Read Second Time Around I’d read these stories before with the exception of the first one, new, “Too Much Time”. Even so, I enjoyed them almost as much as the first time I read them. Lee Child’s meticulous attention to detail, along with his excellent character development, dramatic timing, and well-paced plots, makes for enjoyable “page-turner” reading. One fault I find in his writing/stories. Despite that aforementioned meticulous attention to detail, Mr. Child obviously knows very little about…