Deep down a Jack Reacher story

by Lee Child

Ebook, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

EBOOK813.54

Publication

New York : Delacorte Press, 2012.

Description

Fiction. Short Stories. Thriller. HTML:In thriller master Lee Child's exclusive eBook short story, Jack Reacher must track down a spy in soldier's clothing�by matching wits with four formidable females. Three are clean�but the fourth may prove fatal. Includes a thrilling preview of Lee Child's hotly anticipated Jack Reacher novel, A Wanted Man! Summoned by Military Intelligence to Washington, D.C., Reacher is sent undercover. The assignment that awaits him: The army is meeting with its Capitol Hill paymasters for classified talks on a new, state-of-the-art sniper rifle for U.S. forces. But vital details about the weapon are leaking�straight from the Capitol and probably into the hands of unidentified foreign arms dealers. The prospect of any and every terrorist, mercenary, or dictator's militia getting their hands on the latest superior firepower is unthinkable. That's where Reacher comes in. His task: infiltrate the top-secret proceedings and smoke out the mole. His target: a quartet of high-powered Army political liaison officers�all of them fast-track women on their way to the top. According to his bosses, it's a zero-danger mission. No need to draw a gun . . . just chat over drinks. But Reacher knows that things are rarely what they seem. And he's learned the hard way never to underestimate an opponent. Or four. Lessons that will come in handy when he starts digging for the truth�and gets his hands a lot dirtier than he expected. "Child is a superb craftsman of suspense."�Entertainment Weekly "The truth about Reacher gets better and better."�Janet Maslin, The New York Times.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member MSWallack
I like Jack Reacher. A lot. But somehow, I just couldn't get into this short story. Luckily, I was able to start reading the new Reacher novel immediately after finishing this short story.
LibraryThing member Kathy89
This is a short story involving Jack Reacher and takes place earlier in his army career before he retired from the military police. Jack is summoned from Germany to Washington to infiltratre a small circle of military women to discover which one is selling secrets to the Russians. It was
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interesting seeing Jack a little unsure of himself with these high ranking women and doing his thing to weed out traitor.
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LibraryThing member edwardsgt
Set back in 1986 when Reacher was still an MP and is sent uncover to try to find which of four high-flying women officers is leaking information during a congressional hearing.
LibraryThing member kurdziel
Always a sucker for Jack Reacher stories..fun read
LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux
Deep down is the third book in the Reacher series chronologically, although the 16 and halves by publishing date. It's a short story that whilst only 44 pages manages to lose none of the punch of a typical Reacher story.

There's the unfolding mystery, the seeming unconnected facts then the climactic
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ending.

Fast but enjoyable.
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LibraryThing member Mike_B
If this wasn't so short, I likely would not have finished it.
LibraryThing member lbswiener
Deep Down is a short story Jack Reacher adventure. There were no horrible deaths or hot sex. There was, however, a good story wherein Jack Reacher is assigned a mission of locating a spy amongst three women. The book was a good story leaving the reader wanting more. Four stars were awarded to this
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short story.
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Language

Original publication date

2012-07-16

ISBN

0345537106 / 9780345537102
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