Jack And Kill: The Hunt for Jack Reacher, #3

By Diane Capri

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

"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?

FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar get a lead on Jack Reacher. New Hope, Virginia, welcomed him yesterday. Is he there now? Will Otto and Gaspar stand face-to-face with Reacher? Or Down Deep, is Reacher A Wanted Man?
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diane Capri
• Release date: Jul 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9780983729877

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Dear Friends,

Thank you for buying this copy of Jack and Kill: 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 AND KILL

BY

DIANE CAPRI

CHAPTER ONE

Otto’s mood matched the bleak November landscape. They’d traveled the county road for eighteen miles under smothering gray skies, which allowed plenty of time for brooding. Thin snow covered the empty fields like a dirty blanket. Perhaps a riot of color had dressed the hardwoods before Halloween, but now only a few dead leaves dangled from dried stems beneath spindly branches. Even the vehicle in which they traveled was dull inside and out.

She felt captured in a monochrome movie. Yet, she welcomed the dreary weather because while the low, dense cloud ceiling interfered with the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle surveillance drones, she enjoyed a thin slice of breathing room.

Not the atmospheric gloom, then, but her quarry was responsible for her personal brain cloud. He was toying with her, which was okay. But he was winning the game, which wasn’t.

Tell me again why you think we’ll find Reacher in New Hope, she said.

FBI Special Agent Kim Louisa Otto didn’t mind matching wits with Jack (none) Reacher at the right time and place. Actually, she hoped this assignment grew in that direction.

Meanwhile, a better profile of Reacher slowly developed in her mind the way an old-fashioned photographic image revealed itself when blank paper was submerged in the proper fluids. She was better at strategic games than he was; Reacher’s military file confirmed. But preparation was key. She needed to gather sufficient data to devise and implement a decent strategic plan before their joust. In short, she needed more time.

Meaning today was most definitely not the right day. Nor was New Hope, Virginia, the right place. Which

Reviews for Jack And Kill

[ralphd00d-325171 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are back in a second short story in the Hunt For Reacher series. Operatinf under the radar to complete their assigned task of getting information on Jack Reacher, Otto and Gaspar are headed to the town of New Hope. Once there, what appears to be a basic traffic accident turns into more than what they expected.

Diane Capri has done a wonderful job creating a secondary storyline to Lee Childs' Jack Reacher series. Look forward to another full length novel in this series.

[lamb521 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Title: Jack and Kill (Hunt for Jack Reacher Series #3 A Short Story)Author: Diane CapriPages: 90Year: 2014Publisher: AugustBooksMy rating is 5 out of 5 stars.Audiences will continue to enjoy the suspense filled story of two FBI agents attempting to build a file on a ghost. Not literally a ghost, but a man who can’t be found usually until he has already been there or people warning them off of their attempt to find Reacher. Now Otto and Gaspar are on the road going to locate those who knew Reacher when he was an MP in the army.However, when they get to a small town they come upon what at first looks like a fatal car accident. They pull aside to see if it is Reacher under cover on the road, but what they discover has deeper ramifications along with a nationwide manhunt as they weren’t aware of being off the grid themselves. Many questions remain as to who Reacher is, who wants them to build the file about the man and why. Along with what will happen to the agents should they continue on their task no one is supposed to know they are on, but somehow do! Keep reading the novels and short stories to enjoy the mystery, suspense and characters in the Hunt for Reacher Series!

[mybookaddiction_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

JACK AND KILL was the second short story in the Hunt for Reacher series. Again it was a very quick read. Even though these short stories were published after DON'T KNOW JACK, I think I might have enjoyed the series a little more reading these short stories first. They seemed to hook me more which then I would have read the full length novel. Having said that, I am not really sure. I am probably more confused now. Don't get me wrong these were good for short stories and getting readers hooked but why not a full length second novel. This did create more questions for me then I have answers. Once again, good read but a little disappointing.Rating: 3Reviewed by: KellyR,My Book Addiction Reviews