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This short read (20 pages) is perfect for a coffee break and includes the first three chapters from Lee Child’s new thriller – Past Tense.
Jack Reacher likes to head south for the winter, to stay warm: so just before Christmas he arrives in a small town in Southern California. But the weather there is not warm and dry, as it’s supposed to be: he arrives in a freak blizzard. Reacher finds refuge in a snowed-in roadhouse with four other strangers stranded by the storm. Two of them are British military police, separated by the weather from the VIP they are detailed to protect. Can Reacher help them find their guy, or will an undercover assassin find him first?

Length: 47 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Lee Child 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. Lee 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. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN : B07BXCFJCV
Publisher : Transworld Digital (1 October 2018)
Language : English
File size : 1205 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 47 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 38,555 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 578 in Short Stories (Kindle Store)
- 624 in Short Stories (Books)
- 1,774 in Crime Thrillers (Kindle Store)

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Thomas

This is a disgrace

Reviewed in Australia on 14 October 2018

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I want my money back. Most of the book is a preview of his next full novel. The story of the Christmas Scorpion could be told in a paragraph. Nobody does anything "Reacherlike". I am disgusted that this was put in to print and I feel totally "ripped off". This is so bad that it could trigger the demise of Reacher altogether. I am thinking of cancelling my order for his next novel as I am concerned that this is an indication of the laziness and disrespect for the readers that may now be coming. I have never written a comment before, but this had to be said. Absolutely AWFUL!!!!!

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We have every book written by Lee Child. Including this load of rubbish

Reviewed in Australia on 7 October 2018

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I cannot believe Lee Child could waste his time, and I could waste my money on such a stupid, nonsensical piece of rubbish. Lee, what on earth have you done. If I wanted rubbish I would buy Stephen King. I buy Lee Child books, both the content and the adventure. I just may ask for my money back on this one..

5 people found this helpful

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Okay to give a miss

Reviewed in Australia on 1 October 2018

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I wished for more. $3 for 48 pages isn't worth it, doesn't matter how much you love Jack/Lee Child.
Just give it more to make it worth the reader's while.

4 people found this helpful

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Frank Finn

Book far too short

Reviewed in Australia on 20 December 2020

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I purchased this book intending to have a long read, as I have had with all the other Jack Reacher books (I have read them all), but "The Christmas Scorpion" I did not feel was value for money; it was over almost before it was begun. As I said, I have read all the other Jack Reacher novels, and enjoyed every one of them and assumed at A$12.99 this would be no different. To end after only twenty pages was an unwelcome surprise - I even went back to the start to find out where the middle of the book was. Sorry, extremely disappointed!!

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A short story

Reviewed in Australia on 23 October 2018

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Jack Teacher is stuck in the snow with four other people. The other four are assigned to protect two extremely VIP people. There is hit in play by the mysterious Christmas Scorpion.

This short story is too short.

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Daniele C.

More Reacher Please

Reviewed in Australia on 21 January 2019

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I thought I was a bit over jack - but this was a well written short story that was very enjoyable.

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Didn't feel like a Jack Reacher story

Reviewed in Australia on 24 October 2018

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Too short and the ending wasn't really satisfying. Not up to Jack Reacher standards.

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christopher c.

Ripper yarn

Reviewed in Australia on 14 August 2020

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As usual ripper yarn.

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Sandie

Total waste of money. I’m ashamed of you Lee Child

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2018

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I can’t give a Zero star review. But if I could I would. Usually Reacher short stories are very good. However, this “book” was a total con. Only 42% of Kindle edition of the book was this the story — which wasn’t even a very good one. The rest was an extract from his next Reacher book.
So basically you pay £1.49 for about 24 pages. I’m surprised that Lee Child needs to stoop this low!
At least it give me a chance to read the extract of the next book out later this month. I haven’t preordered it as I usually do as I’ve been disappointed by the last couple. Maybe after reading the extract it will be enough to make me not bother to contribute further to Child’s retirement fund.

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Wild Westies

Don't buy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2018

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What a total ripoff. 10 minutes for a slow reader.If this was a real book, then no one would buy it. Amazon con us into thinking it is a longer book than it is by adding the first chapter that has already been pre-viewed in Child's previous book. Don't buy. This is a con 1.49p wasted.
The "short" story is very weak and not worth reading. 40% of this book is a story about Jack in snow in the southern States. Suddenly realising that the oldies are the villains. Difficult to point a bad story so hear is a review that's nearly as long as the story. Who would pay me £1.49 since it's almost as interesting as the book. Repeat...Don't Buy.

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Bev Emery

Shortest short story ever.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2018

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I'm a great Reacher fan and have read all of Lee Childs' books but this was so disappointing. Barely any story and all summed up in just a few sentences. All that was missing was "and they all lived happily ever after".
Not up to the usual Lee Child standard. It took me around 20 minutes to read, so not even a short story really. Very Disappointing.

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Le Pepe'

Shame on you Lee. Where's your integrity? At the bank?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2018

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As the other reviewers have written, this is blatantly taking the proverbial. A total rip off. It's not the cost, it's the principle. Reacher fans like myself wait with high anticipation for the next book to be released and clear time to read it.
When junk like this arrives it's disappointing and irritating. I can't believe that Lee Child has written this, it's banal.
Then to add insult to injury, there's three chapters of what appears to be an excellent story, but one that most of us Reacher fans will already have ordered anyway. It ends on a cliffhanger and we've got to wait another month to discover what happens next.
Well, we're the fools here, for every million copies sold, there's £1.5 million going to Child and his publishing team.
Enjoy the cash Lee.

17 people found this helpful

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Short story? It's almost non-existant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2018

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Not only were my husband and I ("Big Fans", by the way, of Child's Reacher books) appalled by the extra-short shortness of this story, we made some negative comments about the plot and wondered about the various reasons why Lee Childs would have even bothered to submit such drivel to a publisher. Probaably because they think some trusting ex-readers of Mr. Child will think everything he does will be good. Now, I feel like I want to re-read some of our collection of Annie Proulx...... short, but excellently written, complete short stories, which actually have a beginning, middle, and an ending.

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