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Very slight and speculative, but entertaining as a short read and a glimpse at how Child views the world.

Reacher stumbles into a major crime operation, as usual. Within a couple of hours of making her acquaintance, he has an FBI agent taking orders from him on how to conduct the investigation. Later in the story, an FBI agent with even more authority also lets him take over command because, you know, he was an MP in the army over a decade ago. Seriously, Lee Child? Still an interesting enough mystery to read to the end, but come on!

4 Stars • Eleven Numbers by Lee Child, is a short story about a math professor Nathan Tyler who is recruited by the White House to decode a Russian nuclear algorithm. Sent to a Moscow conference, he faces danger and betrayal in a tense, twisty espionage mission.

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Short Reacher Christmas story. Full of action but not much else.

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Great Christmas short story involving Jack Reacher.

This fast-paced political thriller is the 28th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher investigates a series of murders linked to a secret military project that took place in 1969. ⬇️

Short story collaboration between Lee Child and Joseph Finder.

Jack Reacher versus Nick Heller.

I didn't mind this short story, for 27 pages it fitted a lot in. Was entertaining enough.

Three stars.

Definitely one of the better Jack Reacher short stories in my opinion. Whereas a lot of them so far have felt pointless to the overall larger plot, this one fits in well to the back story.

It's always nice to see Reacher in uniform and see snippets of his military days and this book delivered that.

Three stars.

Book 15.5 in the Jack Reacher series and I really don't understand the value of these slotted in short stories.

I love Jack, he's a solid five star read in the full length novels but these short stories have no point and neither do they add to the back story.

In this one we meet Jack as a fifteen year old. Jack didn't read fifteen to me, at times he felt super childish, and others an adult.

Did Lee Child actually write these?

James Penney's New Identity:
To call this a Jack Reacher short story is a stretch as he features only in the last few pages and he didn't feel like Jack to me, he was a little off, didn't seem to hold the same morals although I appreciate he's younger in this book. 3 stars.

Guy Walks into a Bar:
This one is so short it's impossible to really have an opinion, it was a 7 minute read in total. It's always nice to hang out with Jack.