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  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harding
  • Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,274 ratings)
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By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Summary

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Past Tense by Lee Child.

From number one best seller Lee Child, the thrilling new blockbuster featuring hero Jack Reacher.

Reacher, the eternal drifter, happens by chance on the small New Hampshire town he remembers his father was supposed to have come from. But when he starts looking for his dad's old home, he finds there's no record of anyone named Reacher ever having lived there.

©2018 Lee Child (P)2018 Random House Audiobooks

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Great Book.. Good Story.

No Spoilers here....
I have read all the Jack Reacher books, I got through this one in 3 days. I would put this one
up there, solid dual line story. I would rate this 5th best of 23 in my book. My favs. persuader, Night school, The hard way, the affair. If you like the Jack Reacher books, you will like this. Narrator is Jeff Harding, as always very good.

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great. love Jack teacher novels

Could not stop listening. love Lee child and his Jack Teacher novels. can't wait for the next one

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Sure does zip along!

better for being slightly shorter i thort, polished performance and right storytelling. resounding thumbs up.

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Another great Jack Reacher novel

Well, where do I start?
From start to finish I was hooked.
I found myself taking the long route to work and then back home, just so I could listen to more book.
Lee Child has still got it!

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A real edge of your seat thriller

I so enjoyed this reading of Past Tense. So well written and so well read - great story telling.

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Another great story........

I love the Reacher books and this one is no exception. I do however, dislike this narrator intensely, I find he reads a series of short sentences in exactly the same boring tone and makes those sections tedious to listen to.

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Average overall

Long winding and quite open plot and little surprises. Not the worse but certainly not one of the best

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Disappointed

I am a great Lee Child fan but this is not his best work in the series.

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long winded

too much wandering and story badly linked
not up to previous books standards. butskow. pity

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Past Tense

Jeff Harding , is so wonderful as the narrator of Lee Child's Jack Reacher.

From start to finish I was hooked.
I really enjoyed this story. Jack Reacher at his best.

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