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Thriller master Lee Child returns with an exclusive eBook short story. In the midst of a savage heat wave and an infamous murder spree, a blackout awakens the dark side of the city that never sleeps—and a young Jack Reacher takes action as only he can.
Don’t miss the exciting preview of Lee Child’s highly anticipated Jack Reacher novel, Never Go Back!
July 1977. Jack Reacher is almost seventeen, and he stops in New York City on the way to visit his brother at West Point. The summer heat is suffocating, the city is bankrupt, and the mad gunman known as Son of Sam is still on the loose. Reacher meets a woman with a problem, and agrees to help her . . . but then the power grid fails and the lights go out, plunging the lawless city into chaos. What does a visiting teenager do in the dark? If that visiting teenager is Jack Reacher, the answer is plenty.
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high heat Review
4.0 out of 5 stars July 13th, 1977 – A Day to Remember in NYC!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2013
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HIGH HEAT – A REVIEW WITH NO SPOILERS
I am a big fan of Jack Reacher, and on balance liked this clever novella despite some misgivings described in this review.
I understood that the publication was timed as a promotion for the release of the next book in the series, and there is an excerpt from that book at the end of this story. It certainly works as a backstory to provide readers with more information about Jack (a 16 year old looking for adventure while in the city before visiting his brother who is at West Point), but I think that it is much more likely to appeal to readers who are already fans than to readers with no “Reacher background”. I would suggest if you are interested in the character and the series, get your introduction by reading KILLING FLOOR, the introductory novel in the series, or ONE SHOT, my introduction and still one of my favorites.
The story takes place within a very truncated time period, the evening of July 13th, 1977 and the night and early morning of July 14th. This compressed time frame works quite effectively, and basically simply the action flows non stop and there is minimal character development.(Which is one of the reasons why a familiarity with Reacher as an adult helps provide context, quite the opposite of the usual relationship between a backstory and the current narrative time period.)
If you are a New Yorker in your mid 40’s or older, or a local history buff, you will immediately recognize the significance of July 13, 1977 in the history of NYC – not only that date but its larger context in the history of the notable events of the period. If not, I advise you to ignore the urge to Google it or reference Wikipedia, simply read the story and enjoy the history lesson as it unfolds. I think Child’s use of the historical backdrop was a fantastic plot device that held my interest and added to my enjoyment, in fact it made me overlook my skepticism and is why I rated the story 4 stars rather than 3+ stars. In fact, he cleverly weaves together two different extremely memorable story strands from that era.
Otherwise, the story is a fairly typical Reacher story, although very abridged in time duration and length. There is a woman (and also a girl, after all, he is 16 years old) an unexpected scenario, a villain, several violent confrontations and action sequences, and as often happens, a bittersweet conclusion, one element of which caught me totally by surprise and the other was completely predictable. It moved fast, kept my interest, and also had a few unexpected plot twists (sometimes difficult to accomplish in a story of this length).
My major negative reaction was that the exploits of Reacher required the suspension of belief to a much greater degree than the average Reacher story. While they are often barely credible, they are always internally consistent and in keeping with the character that the author Lee Child has created. In this case, I felt that this was a 16 year old with the insights, abilities, strengths and strategic understanding that as a package at that age even someone with Jack’s history would be almost impossible to possess. I kept thinking to myself during several sequences in the story, could and would a 16 year old think and act like this? Whereas, in the novels in the series when I read about Reacher’s feats as an adult, I simply shake my head in admiration (and occasionally disagreement) and enjoy the story as it races along.
So, I recommend this as mind candy for the enjoyment of Reacher fans who want spend time becoming with acquainted with the young Jack during a memorable (for all residents) NYC evening.
About Lee Child Author Of high heat pdf Book
Lee Child Author Of high heat pdf Book, He is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
high heat pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- ASIN : B00DG5HOVE
- Publisher : Transworld Digital (August 6, 2013)
- Publication date : August 6, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 1966 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 75 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #757,758 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,881 in Two-Hour Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short Reads
- #6,988 in Two-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads
- #11,341 in Crime Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- Customer Reviews: 4.2 out of 5 stars 5,836 ratings
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