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Jack Widow #1-3
The Jack Widow Series: Books 1-3
This collection contains the first three electrifying thrillers in the Jack Widow Gone Forever, Winter Territory, and A Reason to Kill. Over a million readers worldwide so far... Have you read Jack Widow? Gone The Navy SEALs trained him. A secret unit of the NCIS recruited him. Enemies fear him. For elite undercover operative Jack Widow, the news that someone shot his mother, a small-town sheriff, will unleash him in #1 bestselling author Scott Blade’s explosive series starter. Pulled off an undercover assignment, Widow returns home to a small town in Mississippi—a place he tried to forget. Taken to be a worthless drifter by the locals, Widow uses his skills to uncover the truth about his mother’s last investigation. What was she looking for? What he discovers is a mystery of missing girls and townspeople harboring a deadly secret—a secret they’ll die to protect. Good thing that Jack Widow will kill to find out what. Winter A terrifying bioweapon… A hidden terrorist… Only Jack Widow can stop them. Deep inside Wyoming, in the dead of winter, CIA Agent Alex Shepard is desperate. A few days ago, he sent an undercover agent to the Red Rain Indian Reservation to investigate an unthinkable terrorist plot. However, when his man skipped his daily check-in, Shepard feared the worst. A violent snowstorm fast approaches, leaving Shepard’s secret mission in peril. There is no time left, and lives are on the line. Enter drifter Jack Widow—Shepard’s one hope to recover his agent and stop a deadly domestic terrorist plot. Widow goes undercover to stop an unimaginable terrorist threat in the second “electrifying” book in the Jack Widow series. A Reason to Kill : A missing young girl. A horrifying conspiracy. Jack Widow will kill to save her. Under a sweltering Texas landscape, Jack Widow waits at a dust-covered bus station, when he meets Claire Hood, a grandmother, clearly in distress. Claire is on a solo mission to rescue her abducted granddaughter. Minutes after meeting her, the unthinkable happens. Claire drops dead—natural causes. Right there in front of Widow. Widow isn’t the type of guy to let wrongs go. He picks up her bus ticket and takes her place on a quest that will give him a reason to kill. Widow hunts across Texas for an abducted child in the riveting third novel in Scott Blade’s Amazon bestselling Jack Widow series. Over a million copies downloaded. Available in digital, print, and audiobook. Readers are saying… ★★★★★ Jack Widow kicks butt! -Karen Battle (Filmmaker) ★★★★★ These books are sure page-turners. -Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ Scott Blade writes so much like Lee Child; they need to hire him to continue the Reacher series! -Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ A Navy Seal rights wrongs, kicks butt, and takes names. Great read! -M. H. Myers (Amazon reviewer) ★★★★★ I love having this series to read in between Reacher books! -Amazon.com ★★★★★ Not your average hero. -Goodreads.com ★★★★★ Action-packed, with a story that grabs you and doesn’t let go. -P. Jameson, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ Great read! I couldn’t put it down! -Victor Apodaca, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ Two Thumbs way up! -Claudette Valliere, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ Amazing! The best series starter I’ve read in a long time! -Goodreads.com Buy the collection, and start a series you won’t want to put down! (Books 4-6 and 7-9 are also available at great discounts.)
- GenresThriller
686 pages, Paperback
First published September 14, 2019
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About the author
Scott Blade
48 books307 followersUSA TODAY and AMAZON BESTSELLER - Scott Blade is a Nomadvelist, a drifter and author. He writes the bestselling Jack Widow book series, two of which reached the Top 100 list on Amazon, knocking Harry Potter & Jack Reacher off the top spots, which angered one of the big publishers. Scott wears that fact as a badge of honor.
Scott Blade isn't a traditional novelist who spends his time stuck behind a computer desk in some dreary office. He truly walks the walk. He drifts around like the nomad he writes about, touring the world, writing mysteries and searching for the perfect coffee.
Scott Blade isn't a traditional novelist who spends his time stuck behind a computer desk in some dreary office. He truly walks the walk. He drifts around like the nomad he writes about, touring the world, writing mysteries and searching for the perfect coffee.
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July 2, 2025
Brilliant
Read this as it was recommended to me, it was fantastic, think of Jack Reacher in America! Great storyline, good characters.
Looking forward to reading the rest in the series
Read this as it was recommended to me, it was fantastic, think of Jack Reacher in America! Great storyline, good characters.
Looking forward to reading the rest in the series
January 9, 2024
So glad you took Lee's advice.....
I think I started reading the series yesterday. So one to three in twenty four hours is not bad.
I don't do comparisons. I have to visualise in my own head, and if I can relate together I'm reading, then you have got me.
You got me, first three pages, and I was there, and I shall be here until the very end.
So I thank you from the bottomless pit of my heart, and now happily I'm off to read the next box set.🤗
I think I started reading the series yesterday. So one to three in twenty four hours is not bad.
I don't do comparisons. I have to visualise in my own head, and if I can relate together I'm reading, then you have got me.
You got me, first three pages, and I was there, and I shall be here until the very end.
So I thank you from the bottomless pit of my heart, and now happily I'm off to read the next box set.🤗
September 30, 2024
He's the son of a Reacher man. Lee Child, say thank you. Andrew Child, take notes.
This Jack Widow series has unashamed echos of the Jack Reacher series. The premise seems to be that Reacher had a son which he didn't know existed because the mother never tried to find him to tell him. Widow is an ex-SEAL that retires from NCIS black-ops to become a drifter (like his father) because "it is in his genes." He dispenses swift and ugly vigilante justice to those who prey on the weak.
An apt description from the author himself ..."a fast-paced series that takes Widow (and you) all around the world, solving crimes, righting wrongs."
This Jack Widow series has unashamed echos of the Jack Reacher series. The premise seems to be that Reacher had a son which he didn't know existed because the mother never tried to find him to tell him. Widow is an ex-SEAL that retires from NCIS black-ops to become a drifter (like his father) because "it is in his genes." He dispenses swift and ugly vigilante justice to those who prey on the weak.
An apt description from the author himself ..."a fast-paced series that takes Widow (and you) all around the world, solving crimes, righting wrongs."
December 11, 2025
Once you begin you can't put down a Jack Widow book.
I love the humour in the books, the coffee addiction, his thought process, ability to get into and out of many crazy situations, help the underdogs and those worthy of his assistance.
Scott's writing and familiar lines like 'Widow stayed quiet ' 'Widow looked left, Widow looked right', ' Widow just saw the most beautiful woman ever' and my personal favourite is anything to do with his head butts!
I am always recommending Jack Widow books by Scott Blade to everyone I know who loves reading.
I love the humour in the books, the coffee addiction, his thought process, ability to get into and out of many crazy situations, help the underdogs and those worthy of his assistance.
Scott's writing and familiar lines like 'Widow stayed quiet ' 'Widow looked left, Widow looked right', ' Widow just saw the most beautiful woman ever' and my personal favourite is anything to do with his head butts!
I am always recommending Jack Widow books by Scott Blade to everyone I know who loves reading.
March 13, 2021
Worth a look
Good read so far (1-3), the main character grew as books progressed, will definitely be reading the rest, to see how or if he evolves any more, more of a doer than a thinker, can’t say he is like a young Jack Reacher exactly, but along those lines.
Stories Easy to follow plots don’t get bogged down with too much planning , I enjoyed them, worth a look.
Good read so far (1-3), the main character grew as books progressed, will definitely be reading the rest, to see how or if he evolves any more, more of a doer than a thinker, can’t say he is like a young Jack Reacher exactly, but along those lines.
Stories Easy to follow plots don’t get bogged down with too much planning , I enjoyed them, worth a look.
June 13, 2021
Loved the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, and Jack Widow is the same genre.
A drifter, who stumbles across difficult situations and bad people, and manages to get involved.
Good, easy reading, with characters that are well drawn.
Well worth a read of the whole set. Much cheaper on Kindle than anywhere else.
A drifter, who stumbles across difficult situations and bad people, and manages to get involved.
Good, easy reading, with characters that are well drawn.
Well worth a read of the whole set. Much cheaper on Kindle than anywhere else.
December 27, 2021
Could do better
It is a shame that the hero is too similar to Jack Reacher. Had he not been so some the story would have been better. There were some errors which should have been corrected during proof reading. Some of the descriptions were very similar, for example when Widow killed someone there was 'an explosion of red mist'.
Otherwise not too bad.
It is a shame that the hero is too similar to Jack Reacher. Had he not been so some the story would have been better. There were some errors which should have been corrected during proof reading. Some of the descriptions were very similar, for example when Widow killed someone there was 'an explosion of red mist'.
Otherwise not too bad.
May 13, 2022
Widow the newer Reacher.
If you enjoyed the stories about Jack Reacher, you will find this series very similar. Good pace, Jack Widow is a do good ex marine, NCIS, undercover agent who learns that following where life leads without responsibilities suits his personality and skill set.
If you enjoyed the stories about Jack Reacher, you will find this series very similar. Good pace, Jack Widow is a do good ex marine, NCIS, undercover agent who learns that following where life leads without responsibilities suits his personality and skill set.
August 7, 2020
Awesome story line. Not over the top with the plot
Definitely recommend.
Looking for the next one.
Widow has good skills learnt with his classified past.
Appears to not have many friends but does have worthwhile contacts in high places.
Definitely recommend.
Looking for the next one.
Widow has good skills learnt with his classified past.
Appears to not have many friends but does have worthwhile contacts in high places.
September 20, 2020
Fun Read!
Not great literature. Not even the best of its genre. But a fun read - great story and characters. Good, well-paced writing. I like these books and will continue reading the entire series.
Not great literature. Not even the best of its genre. But a fun read - great story and characters. Good, well-paced writing. I like these books and will continue reading the entire series.
November 18, 2021
Very entertaining reads!
I have come to enjoy Jack Widow and his life. The fact that he was NCIS gives creditably to his involvement in mysteries as he travels. As I said in my headline, very entertaining reads!
I have come to enjoy Jack Widow and his life. The fact that he was NCIS gives creditably to his involvement in mysteries as he travels. As I said in my headline, very entertaining reads!
December 10, 2022
Jack Widow - a new anti hero
Just finished the first 3 books of this series. Jack Widow is a great new character. The author has built a a backstory for this new anti here. Looking forward the the next book to in this series.
Just finished the first 3 books of this series. Jack Widow is a great new character. The author has built a a backstory for this new anti here. Looking forward the the next book to in this series.
February 8, 2023
If you have a couple of hours to fill these are a poorer relation to the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. They will not test your reading ability or provide much cerebral challenge, but who cares they are escapism pulp fiction.
December 19, 2023
wow what a great series
Well wasn’t sure I would like these. But what a shock I got. Great series, gripping with twists and turns. Fantastic read, I would definitely recommend to anyone for something different.
Well wasn’t sure I would like these. But what a shock I got. Great series, gripping with twists and turns. Fantastic read, I would definitely recommend to anyone for something different.
December 29, 2023
Enjoyable and action packed
Scott Blade's writing is sharp and entertaining. This story moves at a cracking pace full of action. Widow is an entertaining and engaging hero. A great read.
Scott Blade's writing is sharp and entertaining. This story moves at a cracking pace full of action. Widow is an entertaining and engaging hero. A great read.
January 7, 2024
Great series.
Jack's a likeable bloke just trying to to his own thing. Trouble is trouble finds him and his mother brought him up to be a good boy and help people out. Great writing, Scott. Many thanks. Onto the next omnibus.
Jack's a likeable bloke just trying to to his own thing. Trouble is trouble finds him and his mother brought him up to be a good boy and help people out. Great writing, Scott. Many thanks. Onto the next omnibus.
January 26, 2024
Fantastic action
Once Gain, Widow is the hero. Protecting a young girl, fightjngvto keep her slive to get yo her dying mother. A lot of action that is violent. I enjoyed the book, but found it very violent.
Once Gain, Widow is the hero. Protecting a young girl, fightjngvto keep her slive to get yo her dying mother. A lot of action that is violent. I enjoyed the book, but found it very violent.
January 29, 2024
If you love Jack Reacher, you'll love Jack Widow!
If you like the first ten years of Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, you'll love Jack Widow! Excellent character and great writing. They are much better than the Reacher books written by Andrew Child!
If you like the first ten years of Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, you'll love Jack Widow! Excellent character and great writing. They are much better than the Reacher books written by Andrew Child!
August 26, 2024
a good. read
A really good read, I already said Scot Blade is my replacement for Lee Child in a previous review,every thing I like in a book,action,adventure,violence,guns ,intrigue a little bit of sex.and a good storyline every time.excellent.
A really good read, I already said Scot Blade is my replacement for Lee Child in a previous review,every thing I like in a book,action,adventure,violence,guns ,intrigue a little bit of sex.and a good storyline every time.excellent.
September 18, 2024
Fantastic adventure
I read all 3 of series collection 1 and wax spell bound. Scot Blade is a writer you won't turn away from. You are on TBE edge trying to figure out his next move , e joy!
I read all 3 of series collection 1 and wax spell bound. Scot Blade is a writer you won't turn away from. You are on TBE edge trying to figure out his next move , e joy!
February 18, 2025
Really enjoyed the first three books
Love the character Jack Widow. Great story line and love that hesitate his ex SEAL military. Recommend these books. Looking forward to the next set of books as I have already purchased up to books 9 books from this series.
Love the character Jack Widow. Great story line and love that hesitate his ex SEAL military. Recommend these books. Looking forward to the next set of books as I have already purchased up to books 9 books from this series.
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February 2, 2021Great series. Kind of reminiscent of the Jack Reacher series but different in many ways. Got more of the series to read so looking forward to them.
February 13, 2021
Excellent
Very good fast paced action and good story line as well. Easy to read and looking forward to seeing more of these stories
Very good fast paced action and good story line as well. Easy to read and looking forward to seeing more of these stories
May 31, 2021
Great Read!
I liked it as much as any Jack Reacher book. And that’s saying a lot! I kept reading this book while I should have been doing other things.Thanks.
I liked it as much as any Jack Reacher book. And that’s saying a lot! I kept reading this book while I should have been doing other things.Thanks.
October 30, 2021
Alright, but nothing special
Not a big fan, the writing seemed to drone on, contradict and repeat. I couldn't face reading the third book.
Not a big fan, the writing seemed to drone on, contradict and repeat. I couldn't face reading the third book.
May 3, 2022
Great series!
Very good series, each was well written and kept you on the edge of your seat. Would recommend it highly.
Very good series, each was well written and kept you on the edge of your seat. Would recommend it highly.
July 17, 2022
Worth reading
This was a great series. The plots were well thought out and the main character easy to relate to. I am looking forward to reading more about Jack Widow.
This was a great series. The plots were well thought out and the main character easy to relate to. I am looking forward to reading more about Jack Widow.
July 19, 2022
Good read
Nice summer read. Straight forward but interesting. Nicely crafted. Realistic stories. You kind of know the outcome, but the trip is good. I enjoyed it.
Nice summer read. Straight forward but interesting. Nicely crafted. Realistic stories. You kind of know the outcome, but the trip is good. I enjoyed it.
December 12, 2022
Good read
Really loved first book.the second was just okay.the third was good also liked it alot..so five stars..hope I enjoy next set...
Really loved first book.the second was just okay.the third was good also liked it alot..so five stars..hope I enjoy next set...
August 10, 2023
Excellent reading!
I didn’t think I have ever read as fast as with these 3 books! All I can say is excellent!
I didn’t think I have ever read as fast as with these 3 books! All I can say is excellent!
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