NMLP P-019177 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Past Tense

Lee Child · Delacorte Press · 2018

US Delacorte Press first, the twenty-third Jack Reacher novel. The US Delacorte and UK Bantam Press hardbacks were both released on 5 November 2018, so the two editions are effectively simultaneous firsts; each is the true first for its own market.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019177 for "Past Tense" by Lee Child (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019177, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).