FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are hard at work in Get Back Jack, engaged in the Hunt for Jack Reacher, of course. At the moment, Otto and Gaspar are chasing a witness on a New York City sidewalk during a mid-November ice storm. Yikes! But how far will they be forced to run on the [...]
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Don’t Know Jack About Counterfeits?
The Federal Reserve announced recently that the new redesigned $100 note will be released on October 8. The new note is intended to be more difficult for counterfeiters to copy. But will it be? Watch the video and see what you think. The new design was unveiled in 2010 while I was writing Don’t Know [...]
Researching The Hunt For Jack Reacher
Working on Get Back Jack this morning, the second novel in my Hunt for Jack Reacher series, the question was how fast an elevator travels from the ground to the 22d floor of a high rise office building in Washington DC. Anybody want to guess? Lee Child has famously claimed that he does no research when writing [...]
BSR Radio Interviews Diane Capri: Don’t Know Jack
Thank you Martha Bourke and Helen Hanson for inviting me to appear on BSR Radio today! Lots of fun for me! Here’s the interview, if you missed it. Simply click on the photo here: As always, thank you for reading! p.s. Don’t forget the three big activities I shared last week. April Showers you [...]
Why Does Jack Reacher Kill? What Say You?
You all know I’m working on the next book in The Hunt for Jack Reacher Series. You chose the title here on the Licensed to Thrill Blog: Get Back Jack. And now, you’ve helped with a significant question about Jack Reacher. Thank you everyone for participating! Please do continue to leave your answers to my [...]
What If First Love Leads To Raw Justice?
Firsts Hop is the perfect time to share the hauntingly true Romeo and Juliet story behind my thriller, Raw Justice, with new readers like you! You’ll have 2 chances to win a FREE e-book copy of Raw Justice and more at this stop. Read the short tale of Debbie and Frank’s romance and then: Enter the Rafflecopter Giveaway [...]
Trapped In Paradise With No Way Out
When you can’t avoid pirates, joining them is the only option. So it is for residents of South Tampa during this Saturday’s Gasparilla PirateFest. You think not? Check out this crowd during the much smaller Children’s Parade and imagine how many more will be there awaiting the arrival of the pirate ship Jose Gaspar: You’ve never heard of Jose [...]
Secret Justice or Gasparilla Pirates?
I’ve never been to Spain, but since 1904 my neighborhood has been invaded annually by Spanish pirates. If you’re not afraid of pirates, perhaps you will be if you are among the 300,000 people who accept their invitation to join them this year. The annual Gasparilla Pirate Invasion and Parade event can get wilder than [...]
Jack Reacher: Less System, More Justice?
Jack Reacher opened on December 21. Have you seen the movie starring Tom Cruise yet? Here’s the official trailer: My friend Lee Child, creator of the 17 novels starring Jack Reacher, has famously said that Reacher is maybe a little bit psycho, but he’s beloved because Reacher always does the right thing. Kim Otto and [...]
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