For those of you who have been living under the rocks for the past fifteen odd years (as I was), Jack Reacher is the powerful creation of Lee Child aka Jim Grant. He is this 6'4" giant, an ex military investigator who has his own rules. He is a loner, a maverick and a stickler for justice. Women fear him and are fascinated by him in equal measure. He is what every man aspires to be, a lethal combination of Socrates and Schwarzenegger.
I have recently got into Reacher and this is his third book I have read in the past month, the others being Gone Tomorrow and 61 Hours. This is by far the best of the lot.
For those of you who have still not seen the movie version starring Cruise (in the casting disaster of the year), I would not be writing any spoiler.
A lone sniper fires six bullets and kills five people in a random act of cold blooded murder. When the suspect is arrested, he asks for Reacher.
The book has believable twists and just the necessary dose of mind numbing and brutal violence. There are some clever bits written to relieve tension.
This book is like a bear trap. It will clamp down on any one who chooses to open its cover.
Highly recommended.
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