No Middle Name : The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

Resumen del libro

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 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.

Biografía del autor

Lee Child nació en Inglaterra en 1954. Es autor de veintiocho novelas policiales, entre ellas Sin fallos, Mañana no estás, Escuela nocturna y Luna azul, y numerosos relatos y ensayos, entre ellos El héroe, también publicado por Blatt x{0026}amp; Ríos. Su personaje, Jack Reacher, ha sido llevado al cine y adaptado a una serie en Amazon Prime. Sus libros fueron traducidos a medio centenar de idiomas y lleva vendidos más de cien millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo. Decidió dedicarse a la literatura después de quedarse desempleado debido a una reestructuración en una cadena de televisión británica. Actualmente vive en Estados Unidos.