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Nick Heller #2.6
Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller
In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, bestselling authors Lee Child and Joseph Finder—along with their popular series characters Jack Reacher and Nick Heller—team up for the first time ever.When Jack Reacher sits down to watch a baseball game at a Boston bar, he has no way of knowing what kind of trouble is about to walk in the door—and not just because he’s a Yankees fan in a Red Sox town. In this action-packed short story, Reacher and a new acquaintance—Sox fan Nick Heller—find themselves drawn into a much less friendly rivalry when the guy sitting between them at the bar turns out to be a marked man. For more exciting pairs, check out all eleven short stories in FaceOff!
26 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 7, 2014
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Lee Child
394books32.9kfollowersLee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's "golden age." During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. But he was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bought six dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book, Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series.
Killing Floor was an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment. The first Jack Reacher movie, based on the novel One Shot and starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, was released in December 2012.
Lee has three homes—an apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar, which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.
Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.
Killing Floor was an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment. The first Jack Reacher movie, based on the novel One Shot and starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, was released in December 2012.
Lee has three homes—an apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar, which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.
Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.
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May 29, 2021
Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (Jack Reacher #19.1), Lee Child
In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, Lee Child and Joseph Finder team up for the first time ever.
When Jack Reacher sits down to watch a baseball game at a Boston bar, he has no way of knowing what kind of trouble is about to walk in the door, find themselves drawn into a much less friendly rivalry when the guy sitting between them at the bar turns out to be a marked man.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و دوم ماه فوریه سال 2018میلادی
عنوان: جک ریچر در برابر نیک هلر؛ نویسنده: لی چایلد؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیایی - سده 21م
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 07/03/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, Lee Child and Joseph Finder team up for the first time ever.
When Jack Reacher sits down to watch a baseball game at a Boston bar, he has no way of knowing what kind of trouble is about to walk in the door, find themselves drawn into a much less friendly rivalry when the guy sitting between them at the bar turns out to be a marked man.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و دوم ماه فوریه سال 2018میلادی
عنوان: جک ریچر در برابر نیک هلر؛ نویسنده: لی چایلد؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیایی - سده 21م
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 07/03/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
September 14, 2023
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.
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.
May 19, 2024
Jack Reacher bumps off to local Nick Heller this time in Boston in a bar, not planned as usual...
I never doubt Reacher Child, and I think I will completely be all right with Nick Heller if Joseph Finder has been influenced by them.
I never doubt Reacher Child, and I think I will completely be all right with Nick Heller if Joseph Finder has been influenced by them.
September 26, 2015
A very quick read.
But as explained very well by David Baldacci, Lee Childs and Joseph Finder.
These are published as only a kindle book and come through their own thriller and mystery group and profits come back into this group.
A full size book with Nick Heller and Jack Reacher, as explained "Who would publish this book", rightly so each publishing house has their own authors.
So this is a great way of reading a short story with these great characters together.
It helps that Joseph Finder and Lee Childs are both friends and thought of this idea, with both these great iconic characters meeting in a bar in Boston.
Gave me a chance to meet Nick Heller, need to read more and enjoyed the quick read.
Four stars, although only a few pages to this story.
But as explained very well by David Baldacci, Lee Childs and Joseph Finder.
These are published as only a kindle book and come through their own thriller and mystery group and profits come back into this group.
A full size book with Nick Heller and Jack Reacher, as explained "Who would publish this book", rightly so each publishing house has their own authors.
So this is a great way of reading a short story with these great characters together.
It helps that Joseph Finder and Lee Childs are both friends and thought of this idea, with both these great iconic characters meeting in a bar in Boston.
Gave me a chance to meet Nick Heller, need to read more and enjoyed the quick read.
Four stars, although only a few pages to this story.
June 4, 2016
This is an interesting idea for two top Thriller authors to team up to co-write a novel featuring their own characters. In this case authors Lee Child and Joseph Finder co-write a short novel that features characters Jack Reacher and Nick Heller. Interesting concept it is but in my opinion not a successful one. I think if the idea was pursued over a full size novel the story would be allowed to develop and may actually work. I have not previously read any Joseph Finder books but very familiar with Jack Reacher through Lee Child, who I enjoy and would welcome another collaboration but it would have to be a fully expanded story.
May 20, 2018
3.5 star
Heller and Reacher, not bad together. A very minor tale, with equal “Air time� for both.
I read this as a story in "Face Off".
Heller and Reacher, not bad together. A very minor tale, with equal “Air time� for both.
I read this as a story in "Face Off".
June 8, 2019
Over the last few months I have read all the stand along Jack Reacher stories, and 13 of the novels. I believe this is the last stand-alone Reacher story for me to review. I have really enjoyed the other mash up stories I have read and have gone on to read other novels by the authors who cowrote them with Lee Child. That will be the case this time again. I will definitely read other Nick Heller stories! And this short tale is a great introduction to Heller. In the introduction to the story we are told:
“When Joseph Finder decided to try a series character, he took many cues from Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. Joe named his hero Nick Heller and made him not a private eye, but a private spy. Nick works for politicians and governments and corporations, sometimes digging up secrets they’d rather keep buried. Like Jack Reacher, though, Nick’s sense of justice drives him. He’s a mix of blue collar and white collar, the son of a notorious Wall Street criminal, raised in immense wealth that evaporated when his father went to prison. He spent his formative years in a split-level ranch house in a working-class suburb of Boston.
By nature, Nick’s a chameleon. He can blend in among the corporate elite as easily as he does among the jarheads.
And, of course, he roots for the Boston Red Sox.
Jack Reacher, on the other hand, is a Yankees fan. His background is vastly different from Nick’s, but equally scattered. Reacher is an army brat, raised on military bases around the world: a man without a country, but still an American. He’s a loner who avoids attachments, yet he’s absolutely loyal. He suffers no fools.
Nick Heller and Jack Reacher. Chalk and cheese, as the Brits say. Couldn’t be more different, yet so much the same.
Which can also be said for the two writers.�
Reacher walks into a bar. Literally, that is how the story begins. Reacher is in Boston and wants to watch the Yankees take on the Red Sox. The bar he settles on has two men at the bar. One twitch and nervous, the other solid and stoic. With a little prodding Reacher and Nick, discover the guys is a good guy in a bind. And their particular skill sets though different in style could get him out of the jam. But to find out how you will need to read the story.
It is a fun read. It is a great short story. And the story is sure to entertain fans of either Reacher or Heller. Or even those who just enjoy a great short story.
Read the review on my blog and reviews of other books by Lee Child.
“When Joseph Finder decided to try a series character, he took many cues from Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. Joe named his hero Nick Heller and made him not a private eye, but a private spy. Nick works for politicians and governments and corporations, sometimes digging up secrets they’d rather keep buried. Like Jack Reacher, though, Nick’s sense of justice drives him. He’s a mix of blue collar and white collar, the son of a notorious Wall Street criminal, raised in immense wealth that evaporated when his father went to prison. He spent his formative years in a split-level ranch house in a working-class suburb of Boston.
By nature, Nick’s a chameleon. He can blend in among the corporate elite as easily as he does among the jarheads.
And, of course, he roots for the Boston Red Sox.
Jack Reacher, on the other hand, is a Yankees fan. His background is vastly different from Nick’s, but equally scattered. Reacher is an army brat, raised on military bases around the world: a man without a country, but still an American. He’s a loner who avoids attachments, yet he’s absolutely loyal. He suffers no fools.
Nick Heller and Jack Reacher. Chalk and cheese, as the Brits say. Couldn’t be more different, yet so much the same.
Which can also be said for the two writers.�
Reacher walks into a bar. Literally, that is how the story begins. Reacher is in Boston and wants to watch the Yankees take on the Red Sox. The bar he settles on has two men at the bar. One twitch and nervous, the other solid and stoic. With a little prodding Reacher and Nick, discover the guys is a good guy in a bind. And their particular skill sets though different in style could get him out of the jam. But to find out how you will need to read the story.
It is a fun read. It is a great short story. And the story is sure to entertain fans of either Reacher or Heller. Or even those who just enjoy a great short story.
Read the review on my blog and reviews of other books by Lee Child.
March 21, 2018
Just a bit of baseball banter and a bit of violence
December 28, 2023
Very good
Very nice short read. I'm already a Lee Child Fan so I know whatever he has his hands in will always be a great read.
Very nice short read. I'm already a Lee Child Fan so I know whatever he has his hands in will always be a great read.
October 7, 2014
Two-haiku review:
Reacher and Heller
Meet nervous fat guy in bar
Who's he waiting for?
Very short story
Should have bought anthology
Will do that next time
Reacher and Heller
Meet nervous fat guy in bar
Who's he waiting for?
Very short story
Should have bought anthology
Will do that next time
February 4, 2020
A very short novel with characters Reacher and Heller. No morals exist when criminals attack one of their own. They can work together for mutual benefit.
September 8, 2022
I liked this short story. It showed the Good Samaritan/Robin hood/Every-man-for-himself conundrum that is Jack Reacher. This time he met someone slightly similar to team up with for a few punches.
July 14, 2024
A solid, functional short story in which its value and enjoyment is in bringing together two heroes and witnessing their interaction rather than the story itself.
Due to the length of the story I won't bother with a full synopsis but in brief both men end up in a bar watching a baseball game, and sat in-between them is a large, nervous man with a problem to be solved.
Due to the length of the story I won't bother with a full synopsis but in brief both men end up in a bar watching a baseball game, and sat in-between them is a large, nervous man with a problem to be solved.
December 11, 2023
This is one exception I've made to short stories. It ended sooner than I wanted it to but loved the interaction between the two.
November 30, 2018
Две звезди надолу заради смотания бейзбол. Може и да има по-тъпа игра на света, но лично на мен не ми е известна. Нека смотаните американци ѝ се радват. Аз отказвам.
July 24, 2021
another fantastic short story with jack Reacher, its kind of cool how the story took place over 15 minutes if that 😃
September 24, 2024
Good and Valuable Consideration was one of the better of the Jack Reacher novellas and was an interesting mash up of Reacher with a character similar to himself, Nick Heller. I haven't read the Nick Heller books, but based on this short story, I'm interested enough to check them out. Lee Child and Joseph Finder's writing styles worked well together and the story wasn't disjointed at all as can happen sometimes in multi-author works.
Overall, this was a fun mash-up from two well-known thriller writers that was an enjoyable, quick read.
Overall, this was a fun mash-up from two well-known thriller writers that was an enjoyable, quick read.
May 11, 2017
Fun quick short story. It made me want you check out Joseph Finder.
July 12, 2023
I have not read the Nick Heller books, but this one makes me want to check them out. I liked this little chance meeting Reacher had with a guy that was much like himself. The two of them do a good deed and then they are on their own again.
March 28, 2024
Lee Child, renowned for his gripping thriller novels, masterfully crafts tales that enthrall readers from the first page to the last. His iconic character, Jack Reacher, is a former military policeman wandering the United States, stumbling into adventures and uncovering deep-seated conspiracies. Child’s writing style is direct and engaging, seamlessly blending suspense with intricate plot twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats. Each novel in the series is a standalone masterpiece, yet collectively, they weave a rich tapestry of Reacher’s complex character and his relentless pursuit of justice. Child's storytelling prowess makes him a stalwart in the thriller genre, offering an exhilarating reading experience.
November 4, 2023
2,5 stars.
SYNOPSIS: "In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, bestselling authors Lee Child and Joseph Finder—along with their popular series characters Jack Reacher and Nick Heller—team up for the first time ever.
When Jack Reacher sits down to watch a baseball game at a Boston bar, he has no way of knowing what kind of trouble is about to walk in the door—and not just because he’s a Yankees fan in a Red Sox town.
In this short story, Reacher and a new acquaintance—Sox fan Nick Heller—find themselves drawn into a much less friendly rivalry when the guy sitting between them at the bar turns out to be a marked man."
SYNOPSIS: "In this short story from the thrilling anthology FaceOff, bestselling authors Lee Child and Joseph Finder—along with their popular series characters Jack Reacher and Nick Heller—team up for the first time ever.
When Jack Reacher sits down to watch a baseball game at a Boston bar, he has no way of knowing what kind of trouble is about to walk in the door—and not just because he’s a Yankees fan in a Red Sox town.
In this short story, Reacher and a new acquaintance—Sox fan Nick Heller—find themselves drawn into a much less friendly rivalry when the guy sitting between them at the bar turns out to be a marked man."
July 3, 2018
"Who got here first, you or him?"
The guy said, "Him."
"Did you get the same thing I got?"
"Identical."
"Was he saving the seats?"
"I doubt it."
"So now he's expecting a tap on the shoulder, and then they'll go somewhere to do their business?"
"That's how I see it."
The third batter for the Sox stepped up. Reacher said, "What kind of business? Am I in the kind of place I don't want to be?"
"You from New York?"
"Not Exactly."
"But you're rooting for them."
"No crime in being a sane human being."
The guy said, "Him."
"Did you get the same thing I got?"
"Identical."
"Was he saving the seats?"
"I doubt it."
"So now he's expecting a tap on the shoulder, and then they'll go somewhere to do their business?"
"That's how I see it."
The third batter for the Sox stepped up. Reacher said, "What kind of business? Am I in the kind of place I don't want to be?"
"You from New York?"
"Not Exactly."
"But you're rooting for them."
"No crime in being a sane human being."
February 8, 2023
Near Miss
3 stars when compared to / contrasted with “Cleaning the Gold,� another collaborative short story by Child � with Karin Slaughter, which I rated with 5 stars.
This effort missed opportunities to reveal something more about either Reacher’s or Heller’s character. The foil, both the soon-to-be-victim and his persecutor, over which they seemed to bond was cliche and evoked no emotional investment. And so on. The anticipated resolution was thus not compelling. The closing paragraph may be the book’s most entertaining.
3 stars when compared to / contrasted with “Cleaning the Gold,� another collaborative short story by Child � with Karin Slaughter, which I rated with 5 stars.
This effort missed opportunities to reveal something more about either Reacher’s or Heller’s character. The foil, both the soon-to-be-victim and his persecutor, over which they seemed to bond was cliche and evoked no emotional investment. And so on. The anticipated resolution was thus not compelling. The closing paragraph may be the book’s most entertaining.
May 1, 2019
These two characters were hilarious. I'm pretty certain that Child and Finder meant their respective tough guys, Jack Reacher and Nick Heller, to be, well, tough. Perhaps they are, but I found them quite humorous. Could be the writing style, or the way the writers collaborated on this short story. The plot itself was a bit lame. Still, I may take a chance and read a book in each of these author's series.
March 29, 2022
Jack Reacher and Nick Heller
This short story is a collaboration between Lee Child and Joe Finder with their characters, Jack Reacher and Nick Heller. Nick goes to a local bar to watch the Red Sox v Yankees game. Reacher goes to the bar to watch the game also. In the bar they meet up with a fat man that works for the government who is supposed to meet with a gang member. What happens and what Reacher and Heller do makes for a good short story.
This short story is a collaboration between Lee Child and Joe Finder with their characters, Jack Reacher and Nick Heller. Nick goes to a local bar to watch the Red Sox v Yankees game. Reacher goes to the bar to watch the game also. In the bar they meet up with a fat man that works for the government who is supposed to meet with a gang member. What happens and what Reacher and Heller do makes for a good short story.
February 27, 2019
Jack Reacher and a new acquaintance, Nich Heller sits down to watch a baseball game at a Boston bar, or so they think. His keen sense of danger alerts him to a marked man.
Keen senses and military-alertness makes Reacher, Reacher. And, I love it, making it a great short story with an exciting plot.
Keen senses and military-alertness makes Reacher, Reacher. And, I love it, making it a great short story with an exciting plot.
June 6, 2023
short story.... finding Jack and Nick, at a bar in Boston, watching a baseball game (one rooting for Boston and the other for NY)...
the man between them, an IRS man, is to meet a gangster, whose returns he will be checking... he expects broken legs...
but Jack and Nick step in, take care of the problem, and head to bars in opposite directions to finish watching the game.
hmmmm
the man between them, an IRS man, is to meet a gangster, whose returns he will be checking... he expects broken legs...
but Jack and Nick step in, take care of the problem, and head to bars in opposite directions to finish watching the game.
hmmmm
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 13, 2024
Short but sweet! Jack Reacher and Nick Heller joined forces to take out an Albanian hitman. Who cares what the score of the game ended up being. Two totally different individuals, each pulled in to an event neither one had expected when they entered the bar. But, joining forces is the name of both of their games.
February 3, 2024
As said before, all Jack Reacher is good Jack Reacher but, darnit, ...
... now I need to know more about Nick Heller and his adventures so more reading to come. And I will also try to forgive them both for their sad and unfortunate tastes in baseball teams. This was a good short read.
... now I need to know more about Nick Heller and his adventures so more reading to come. And I will also try to forgive them both for their sad and unfortunate tastes in baseball teams. This was a good short read.
April 24, 2019
Short term action
I couldn't tell where one authors input ended and the other began. This is an extremely short but well put together book. I've had it in my library for a while now and decided to give it a shot, I am glad that I did.
I couldn't tell where one authors input ended and the other began. This is an extremely short but well put together book. I've had it in my library for a while now and decided to give it a shot, I am glad that I did.
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