Three More Jack Reacher Novellas: plus extras - Lee Child

Written by Lee Child
Read by Dick Hill
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: May 16, 2017
Duration: 08:08:48

Too Much Time, Small Wars, Not a Drill and Bonus Jack Reacher Stories

A collection of three Jack Reacher novellas and six short stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection .

Too Much Time: In this original novella featuring Jack Reacher after his time in the army, Reacher finds himself in a hollowed-out town in Maine. He witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime, in a tale that leads into Lee Child’s new Reacher novel, The Midnight Line.

Small Wars: Lee Child goes back to 1989, when Jack Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the cold-blooded murder of a young officer. The telex is brief and to the point: One active-duty personnel found shot to death ten miles north of Fort Smith. Circumstances unknown. The victim was shot twice in the chest and once in the head. A professional hit. The crime scene suggests an ambush. Military police officer Jack Reacher is given the case. He calls his older brother, Colonel Joe Reacher, at the Pentagon for intel and taps Sergeant Frances Neagley to help him answer the big question: Who would kill a brilliant officer on the fast-track to greatness?

Not a Drill: Jack Reacher is on the road, hitching a ride with some young Canadians who are planning a hike through the dense forests of Maine. They part ways after sharing a hot meal, and Reacher checks out a quiet town surrounded by countryside serene enough to cool even his raging wanderlust. But not for long. First the trail is suddenly closed. Then the military police show up in force. Maybe it’s a drill. Or maybe it’s trouble—the kind of trouble that always finds Reacher, no matter how far he travels off the beaten path.

Additional stories featuring Jack Reacher, including: James Penney’s New Identity, Everyone Talks, Maybe They Have a Tradition, Guy Walks into a Bar, No Room at the Motel, and The Picture of the Lonely Diner

Dick Hill narrates this trio of novellas, as well as assorted short stories, with Jack Reacher at the center. … Hill does a solid job throughout, remaining consistent with Reacher’s signature calm voice and becoming more emotional with some of the minor characters Reacher encounters. In one story, Reacher meets a bunch of hikers, men and women, who are given excitable tones that fit the storyline. The dialogue-heavy stories rely less on action than other Childs works. The reliable Hill sets the tone with his steady portrayal of the resourceful hero.” AudioFile