Don't Know Jack - Softcover

Capri, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983729840 ISBN 13: 9780983729846

Publisher: AugustBooks, 2012

Synopsis

"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character. I love her!" - LEE CHILD - #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JACK REACHER THRILLERS Jack Reacher: Friend or Enemy? It's been a while since we first met Lee Child's Jack Reacher in Killing Floor. Fifteen years and sixteen novels later, Reacher still lives off the grid, until trouble finds him, and then he does whatever it takes, much to the delight of readers and the dismay of villains. Now someone big is looking for him. Who? And why? Hunting Jack Reacher is a dangerous business, as FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are about to find out. Otto and Gaspar are by-the-book hunters who know when it's necessary to break the rules, but they Don't Know Jack. Reacher is a stone cold killer. Is he their friend or their enemy? Only the secrets hidden in Margrave, Georgia will tell them. THE HUNT FOR REACHER SERIES is Born: Readers ask me where I get my ideas. I usually tease, "I order them from ideas.com." The truth is I don't always know. Ideas spark, kindle my interest and sometimes explode into a novel or a series of novels. But in the case of Don't Know Jack, I do remember the moment. A couple of years ago, I was chatting with Lee Child at a book event in New York about his iconic character. "Where is Reacher hiding?" I asked. "Reacher doesn?t hide," Lee said. Maybe a little huffily? Lee's a lot bigger than me. And he writes violence like a man with experience. I've always thought him a gentle giant, but .... I backpeddaled a bit. "Right. But where does Reacher live?" "Wherever he wants," the tall guy said. I thought I detected a slight challenge in his tone. I backed out of arms' reach before I pressed on. "He waits until trouble finds him and then he wipes the floor with the bad guys. Perfect. But what's he doing between books?" Lee shrugged, said nothing. Tenaciously, I tried again. "Reacher's killed a lot of people by now. Sixteen books. A lot of bodies. Surely someone wants payback, don't you think?" Lee leveled the patented Reacher stare. "Who in his right mind would go looking for Reacher? You?" Right. Only an idiot with a death wish...or an FBI agent who knows nothing about Reacher's, er, talents, would undertake such a foolhardy quest. Even then, she wouldn't do it if she had a choice. But matching wits with Jack Reacher, now that would be interesting, I thought, even though it could very well be deadly. Then again, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Whoever takes Reacher down will become a legend in some circles. What if a determined, ambitious woman...

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About the Author

#1 Amazon Bestselling Author Diane Capri's work, #1 worldwide publishing phenomenon Lee Child calls "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too." Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award-winning MWA Past President, says: "Expertise shines on every page." And Library Journal raves: "....offers tense legal drama with courtroom overtones, twisty plots, and loads of atmosphere. Recommended."
 
Diane's new Jess Kimball series kicked off with Fatal Distraction, opening as the #3 Amazon Bestselling Legal Thriller, behind John Grisham. Jess Kimball's second outing, the short story Fatal Enemy was recently released. Diane's new Hunt for Jack Reacher series began with Don't Know Jack, which garnered #1 Amazon Bestseller spots on Mystery, Hard-boiled Mystery, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, and Legal Thriller lists both in the U.S. and U.K. Don't Know Jack was followed by two bestselling short stories in the Hunt for Jack Reacher series, Jack in a Box and Jack and Kill. Diane's Bestselling Justice Series suspense mysteries were praised by Romantic Times and garnered the coveted "Top Pick."
 
Diane is the past Executive Vice President of International Thriller Writers, past member of the Board of the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and active in Sisters in Crime and other writing organizations. She comes to writing after a successful legal career and is married to her college sweetheart. She loves her nomadic snowbird existence preferring perpetual summer migrating from Florida to Michigan each year.
 
Diane says she writes mystery thriller and suspense for the same reason she reads: to find out what happens, why people do what they do, and how to bring justice to an unjust world. Her books are translated in twenty territories. Diane loves to hear from readers. Contact her at dianecapri.com/contact/ to receive notice of new releases, subscribe to Diane's blog, or simply connect with her.

Review

"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character. I love her." (Lee Child, #1 World-Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers)

About this edition

• Publisher: AugustBooks
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0983729840
• ISBN 13: 9780983729846
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 340