New Kid in Town:
A Jack Reacher Story
Andrew Child
aka Andrew Grant
This is one of only a few short stories by Andrew Child featuring Jack Reacher. I read this story a few weeks ago in the anthology, Hotel California. A few years back he started co-writing the Reacher novels with his brother. An accomplished author in his own write under the name Andrew Grant, I have enjoyed following his contributions to the Reacher canon, and went back and read all of his previously published novels. I read my first Reacher story in 2019, I had picked up the most recent as a gift for my dad, this time I read the back and thought it looked interesting, and picked up the eBook for myself. I read about a book or published short story a week until I was caught up, thought I jumped around a lot, picking titles at random. I have since stayed up to date on the series. I have also read the Hunt for Reacher Series by Diane Capri and also the Jack Reacher Experiment book 1 by Jude Hardin. I even have a tag on my blog for all Reacher Stories no matter the author. I really enjoy the character, and have loved almost all of the books. I had picked up the Anthology this came from but have not got around to reading it yet. This is one I really wanted to read and was excited it was available as a standalone story. So I was pretty excited to give this a read.
The description of this offering in the Reacher series states:
“A thrilling new addition to the bestselling Jack Reacher series, by Andrew Child
Hitching a ride cross-country, Reacher manages to thwart an unsavory criminal hiding out in a sleepy backwater town in rural Texas …
This story originally appeared in Hotel An Anthology of New Mystery Short Stories edited by Don Bruns.”
This is an excellent story. Even rereading it after a few years, this time as a standalone it is great. I believe this was the first standalone work Andrew wrote with Reacher as a character. And it is masterfully written.
I really loved this story. I read it then went back and listened to it using adaptive technology. This is one of three Stories Child has written for the Music and Murder Mystery anthology series; the books and stories are:
Back in Black - You Shook Me All Night Long
Bat Out of Hell – Vat Out Of Hell
If you are a fan of Reacher this is a great shorter story in the collection of Reacher stories from the Child brothers. It is an excellent piece. Writing short form fiction if a very different skill than long form fiction, Andrew is proving himself an expert of each. And this is a wonderful read. So I encourage you to give it a try, either as this standalone edition or in the anthology edited by Don Burns.
Books by Andrew Grant:
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David Trevellyan Series:
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Detective Cooper Devereaux Series:
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Paul McGrath Series:
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As Andrew Child with Lee Child:
Jack Reacher Series:
Reacher Short Stories:
Bat Out Of Hell
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Books Andrew Grant Contributed To:
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
Murder and Mayhem in Muskego
Back in Black Music and Murder Mystery 2
Bat Out of Hell Music and Murder Mystery 3
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