02168cam a2200325 4500 547032886 TxAuBib 20190411120000.0 180518s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018022559 9780399593512 hardcover 0399593519 hardcover (OCoLC)1037885662 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO T3S OCLCF UOK WIVLS GO3 QX9 DAD OCLCO JTH FMG OI6 TxAuBib Child, Lee. Past tense / Lee Child. First Edition. New York : Delacorte Press, 2018. 382 pages ; 24 cm. Jack Reacher ; ; 23 "Jack Reacher has extended his thumb and hit the pavement. His plan is to follow the autumn sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road in rural New Hampshire, 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? and takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to drive to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners almost seem 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 knows his father left and never returned. Now Reacher wonders, Was he ever there in the first place? As Reacher explores his father's life, and strands of different stories begin to merge, he makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the past can be tense and deadly"-- 20190411. Reacher, Jack Fictitious character Fiction. Voyages and travels Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. Jack Reacher ; ; 23.