Jack Reacher 23. Past Tense - Tapa dura

"Absolutely loved Past Tense – Lee Child just gets better and better, which is a very rare quality in a writer of a long-run series. Whip smart, always compelling, always fun, he is dangerously addictive." (Peter James)

"Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of" (Ken Follett)

"I loved it. One of the best." (Jonathan Ross)

"It’s Lee Child. Why would you not read it?" (Karin Slaughter)

"Sometimes you just want someone who can beat the s*** out of people! I pick up Jack Reacher when I’m in the mood for someone big to solve my problems" (Patricia Cornwell)

"Loved [Past Tense]! Nothing makes for a great weekend quite like quality time with Jack ." (Lisa Gardner)

"Busy, bloody and ingenious" (The Times)

"One of the best...hits the mark perfectly." (Joanne Harris)

"The pace picks up...the action becomes brutal, and we're led to an extremely satisfying conclusion...I'm becoming increasingly understanding of our appetite for fiction that features proper punishment for baddies. It's deeply comforting to escape into an imaginary world where we're all safe in Jack Reacher's gammon-joint sized hands." (Independent)

"Child's writing seems unusually expressive in this novel...a reminder that Child is one writer who should never be taken for granted." (New York Times Book Review)

JACK REACHER NEVER LOOKS BACK . . . UNTIL NOW.

The most hotly anticipated thriller of the year follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father's past, and climaxes in the most blood-curdling ticking time bomb of an adventure yet.

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.