Name: No Middle Name
Rating: 3.833333333333333 (12 reviews)
ISBN: 9780399593598

Lee Child

Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling novella and 11 previously published short stories are gathered in one pulse-pounding collection from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Child. Tall Premium Edition.

The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

No Middle Name

"A collection of ... Jack Reacher stories-- one never-before-seen novella, plus eleven others collected for the first time in print --each with original introductions from the ... author"--

Melody Izard

Some of these Reacher stories touch on parts of previous books. Some are just foot prints leading to his profile. Meh! Read them or not.

Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume. Read together, these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world. The twelve stories include a brand new novella, Too Much Time. The other stories in the collection are: Second Son James Penney's New Identity Guy Walks Into a Bar Deep Down, High Heat Not a Drill Small Wars All of which have previously been published as ebook shorts. Added to these is every other Reacher short story that Child has written: Everyone Talks Maybe They Have a Tradition No Room at the Motel The Picture of the Lonely Diner

The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories

Amanda Wells

This was my first impression of Jack Reacher - and it was certainly enlightening! Clearly this character is fun to read, due mainly to his apparent infallibility. The story set in the heat of New York when he was not quite 17 was particularly hilarious. 

Nonetheless it was quite enjoyable. Every now and then it's fun to read a story of triumph - and here was a collection of a few! 

I still think I prefer Gabriel Allon to Jack Reacher - I like my heroes a little more flawed (though older Reacher was an improvement!).

Ed Kay

Alistair James

Fran Lewis

Chirag Kalra

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. 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. Praise for No Middle Name “Captivating . . . classic [Lee] Child . . . This volume demonstrates what his fans already know: he’s a born storyteller and an astute observer.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Lee Child, like his creation, always knows exactly what he’s doing—and he does it well. Time in his company is never wasted.”—Evening Standard

No Middle Name The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

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