Past Tense (Jack Reacher 23), Lee Child

The present can be tense . . .

A young couple trying to get to New York City are stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. Before long they're trapped in an ominous game of life and death. But the past can be worse .

. . Meanwhile, Jack Reacher sets out on an epic road trip across America.

He doesn't get far. Deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born. But when he arrives he is told no one named Reacher ever lived there.

Now he wonders: who's lying?As the tension ratchets up and these two stories begin to entwine, the stakes have never been higher for Reacher. That's for damn sure. _________Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Past Tense is the 23rd in the series.