Past Tense

Resumen del libro

Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What's one extra day? He takes the detour.

At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians had been on their way to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners seem almost too friendly. It's a strange place, but it's all there is.

The next morning, in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in town. He's always known his father left and never returned, but now Reacher wonders, Was he ever there in the first place?

As Reacher explores his father's life, and as the Canadians face lethal dangers, strands of different stories begin to merge. Then Reacher makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the past can be tense and deadly.

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.