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High Heat: (A Jack Reacher Novella)

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Kerry Shale
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Published as an audiobook, a long short story from thriller master Lee Child about the teenage Reacher, now also available in No Middle Name: the Collected Jack Reacher Stories.

July 1977. Jack Reacher is almost seventeen, and he stops in New York on his way from South Korea to visit his brother at West Point. The summer heat is suffocating, fires are raging in the Bronx, 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 . . . and then the power grid fails and the lights go out, plunging the lawless city that never sleeps into chaos.

What does a visiting teenager do in the dark? If that visiting teenager is Jack Reacher, the answer is: plenty.

©2013 Lee Child (P)2013 Random House Audiobooks

 Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction

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a poor story, a waste of time and money
refunds should be automatic
don't waste your time

rubbish

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young reacher, new York gangsters, the son of Sam , a love interest not tedious unnecessary & transparent such as with most of the books in the series & an unexpected twist to finish ... all in a 2hr short! good work

action packed start to finish

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What made the experience of listening to High Heat the most enjoyable?

It was a story that had you gripped from page one.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The local characters who all were involved in some kind of subtafuge.

Have you listened to any of Kerry Shale’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No this was the first time and would listen to more performances.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Stay on the train!

Edge of you seat entertainment

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Young Jack Reacher growing into the man he will be.
Good short story with lots of the usual twists and turns
Highly recommended :)

Great story

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Great storyline, good well developed characters with a great subplot!!!
Very well paced and great to see how Reacher the started out.

Well worth reading!

Simply Excellent!!

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