Jack In A Box: The Hunt for Jack Reacher, #2

By Diane Capri

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again!  NEW Hunt for Jack Reacher book!

"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

FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar have received a special off-the-books assignment: build a secret file on Jack Reacher. In this short story, Otto and Gaspar reveal a bit of themselves as they make every effort to put Jack in a Box. Reacher fans know that no one boxes with Jack and lives to tell about it. Will Otto and Gaspar be the first to succeed where so many have failed?

• Language: English
• Publisher: AugustBooks
• Release date: Mar 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9780983729860

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Dear Friends,

Thank you for buying this copy of Jack in a Box: A Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller. No one loves Jack Reacher more than I do and I’m very excited to share this new novel in my runaway bestseller series, The Hunt for Jack Reacher Series with you. More than a million readers have already enjoyed the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series books—including Jack Reacher’s creator, thank heavens! Whew!

The first question new readers usually ask me is how I’m allowed to write about Jack Reacher. The short answer is that Lee Child and I are friends, and he’s a big fan of my work. I write these books with his full support, for which I’m eternally and unrelentingly grateful. I’ve included his Reacher Report at the end of this book in case you’re not signed up to receive email from Lee directly (and you can sign up to hear from him on his website, if you’d like to, at LeeChild.com).

I hope you’ll see right away why #1 worldwide publishing phenomenon Lee Child calls my work, Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. And why Lee gave the series an enthusiastic two thumbs up when he said, Kim Otto is a great, great character. I love her!

The second most frequent question I get is when the next Hunt for Jack Reacher book will be published. Currently my series has eight books (five novels and three novellas). You can always find a complete list here: http://dianecapri.com/books/

And I’m always working on a new book. Please sign up for my mailing list to receive advance notice of new releases and lots of other exclusive stuff for members only. You can do that here: http://dianecapri.com/get-involved/get-my-newsletter/

While you’re waiting for a new Hunt for Jack Reacher Series book, please give my other books a try. I write several series, which I believe you’ll enjoy just as much. And either way, let me know what you think. You can write to me anytime, and I hope you will. I’d love to get to know you better. You can always reach me here: http://dianecapri.com/get-involved/message/

Meanwhile, thanks so much for reading. It’s an honor and a privilege to write for readers like you.

Caffeinate & Carry On!

DianeCapri

DEDICATION

For Lee Child, with unrelenting gratitude

JACK IN A BOX

BY

DIANE CAPRI

CHAPTER ONE

FBI Special Agent Kim Otto’s slowly descending eyelids abraded like forty-grit sandpaper along her corneas and rested briefly before ascending in gouging retraction. How long had she been sitting here? The FBI headquarters building was quiet here in the basement. Activity was limited to higher floors where essential matters were handled.

What are you missing? she asked the empty room as if she expected the answer to be revealed, when she expected nothing of the sort. If she was going to find anything at all, she’d have found it long before now. But she couldn’t give up, so she thought it through

Reviews for Jack In A Box

[ralphd00d-325171 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great short story following the lines of the first book in this (hopefully) series. I only felt bad as it was so short in length, where I had hoped to sit down and be enthralled for a couple hours or more. Looking for more by this author!

[lamb521 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Title: Jack in A Box (The Hunt for Reacher Series #2 A Short Story)Author: Diane CapriPages: 100Year: 2014Publisher: AugustBooksMy rating is 4 out of 5 stars.Some readers may be tempted to pass up short stories or novellas in a series, but in this case I sure hope readers don’t. Diane Capri shares tidbits of information that come into play with the main character of Jack Reacher. FBI Special agents Otto and Gaspar continue their assignment to build a file and locate Jack Reacher as he is suspected of crimes.Yet, here when both Otto and Gaspar attempt to do some digging into Reacher’s past to find information, they come up with less than stellar success. Readers will also get keen insight into the lives of both special agents and more mystery as to who assigned them the task and why. A quick and enjoyable look into the lives of the agents and their assignment.

[mswallack_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

An odd short story in that it felt more like a "deleted scene" from the author's first book in the Hunt for Jack Reacher series. And it wasn't clear if this story was supposed to come before or after the events in that first book.

[mybookaddiction_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

JACK IN A BOX was the first short story in the The Hunt for Reacher series. First off I have to say this was a very quick read. However, I was a little confused as I read DON'T KNOW JACK first thinking this was the first in the series of books. I wasn't expecting a short story. I was expecting another full length novel. Now had a investigated a little on the author's website I might have read the short stories first and then did the full length novel. I enjoyed it for what it was a short story. It was an entertaining read.Rating: 3Reviewed by: KellyR,My Book Addiction Reviews