# Past Tense

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- Book: [Past Tense](https://www.bookquiver.com/lee-child/past-tense) ([Past Tense.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lee-child/past-tense.md))
- Authors: [Lee Child](https://www.bookquiver.com/lee-child)
- Publisher: transworld_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7354-230-3
- Published: 2018-11-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

JACK REACHER NEVER LOOKS BACK . . . UNTIL NOW. 'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' - Mick Herron. The present can be tense . . . A young couple trying to get to New York City are stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. Before long they're trapped in an ominous game of life and death. But the past can be worse . . . Meanwhile, Jack Reacher sets out on an epic road trip across America. He doesn't get far. Deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. But when he arrives he is told no one named Reacher ever lived there. Now he wonders: who's lying? As the tension ratchets up and these two stories begin to entwine, the stakes have never been higher for Reacher. That's for damn sure. _________ Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Past Tense is the 23rd in the series. And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No. 30, Exit Strategy ! ***OUT NOW***