NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of short fiction that finds Reacher in a hollowed-out town in Maine, where he witnesses a random bag-snatching but … witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime. “Small Wars” takes readers back to 1989, when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in Georgia—and whose killer may be hiding in plain sight. In “Not a Drill,” Reacher tries to take some downtime, but a pleasant hike in Maine turns into a walk on the wild side—and perhaps something far more sinister. “High Heat” time-hops to 1977, when Reacher is a teenager in sweltering New York City during a sudden blackout that awakens the dark side of the city that never sleeps. Okinawa is the setting of “Second Son,” which reveals the pivotal moment when young Reacher’s sharp “lizard brain” becomes just as important as his muscle. In “Deep Down,” Reacher tracks down a spy by matching wits with four formidable females—three of whom are clean, but the fourth may prove fatal. Rounding out the collection are “Guy Walks into a Bar,” “James Penney’s New Identity,” “Everyone Talks,” “The Picture of the Lonely Diner,” “Maybe They Have a Tradition,” and “No Room at the Motel.”
No suitcase. No destination. No middle name. No matter how far Reacher travels off the beaten path, trouble always finds him. Feel bad for trouble.
Praise for No Middle Name
“Captivating . . . classic [Lee] Child . . . This volume demonstrates what his fans already know: he’s a born storyteller and an astute observer.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Lee Child, like his creation, always knows exactly what he’s doing—and he does it well. Time in his company is never wasted.”—Evening Standard
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Love LeE Child’s Jack Reacher!
If you like Reacher, you will want to know how he came to be. This collection fills in some of those gaps. Easy/fun reading.
Lee Child knows his stuff.
I Love my Jack!
No Middle Name is great. Author Lee Childs never lets me down!
Any book by Lee Child is a winner.
As always, a Jack Reacher story has levels and investigative interest.
I read everything that Lee Child writes and can’t wait until a new one comes out each year. My favorite author for several years now.
Love the Reacher character, one of my all-time favorite hero’s. These books are part-detective novels, part humorous diary, part “day-In-The-Life”, and 100% entertainment! There is no better character written in novel form today than Jack None Reacher !
Its Jack Reacher .. nothing but goog.
I would read this again!
Reacher’s the man!
Not as good as some of his other books.
The format is getting a little thin. Maybe Reacher needs a new direction. No pun intended.
Love Jack Reacher!
too long ago
i like action packed books, so i’m pretty sure i liked it
Always hard to put down a Reacher book. Tom Cruise has the attitude but not the size to be Reacher. They are relatively quick reads, but I never want to put them down.
Overall a great Jack Reacher! Lots of vignettes, some longer than others; the shorter ones left me wanting more! But a fantastic way to spend a sunny afternoon on the deck.
A collection of short stories. Don’t read if expecting a novel.
Jack Reacher books are absolutely terrific. You cannot put them down once you start.
The Jack Reacher series of books are a great read.
Reacher always delivers a great story. Gotta read them all