Review by Brian Lowen on show 9th Dec 2010
The latest thriller in the Jack Reacher series.
Jack Reacher is an ex Army MP who has no home or possessions except for a folding toothbrush. Since leaving the Army he has wandered across America righting wrongs, like a modern Robin Hood or a scruffy James Bond.
He doesn’t want to put the world to rights, he just doesn’t like people who put it to wrongs.
Winter in South Dakota. Blowing snow, icy roads, a tired driver. A bus skids and crashes and is stranded with a group of elderly passengers, some who are injured. Jack Reacher has hitched a ride on the bus and he sets about organising a rescue and looking after the passengers. A life without baggage has many advantages, but crucial disadvantages too, when it means facing the artic cold without a coat, but he is equipped for the rest of his task.
They end up in a small town 20 miles away, where a vulnerable witness is being guarded around the clock. There’s a small, mysterious stone building five miles further on, all alone on the prairie. There’s a ruthless man who controls everything from the warmth of Mexico.
Our hero becomes involved in guarding the vulnerable witness and the subsequent mystery surrounding the small stone building.
I found this book a bit tame after reading the previous novels featuring Jack Reacher. He seems to spend a lot of time just waiting around for something to happen. He only actually kills two people this time – quite a small total for Reacher! Perhaps he is mellowing as he gets older! Unfortunately, the story doesn’t really get going until the last few chapters, finishing up with an explosive ending – we are not sure whether JR has survived, but I expect we will find out in the next book which I understand is on the way.
I still enjoyed the book though, and look forward to the next JR thriller.
review by Brian (Peter Pan)
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