1 year 2 mo after mustering out

'Do what you're supposed to do' ( )

An excellent book in an excellent (so far) series. Child really knows how to grab your attention from the start and keep it throughout the whole book. The conspiracy theories were even believable as conspiracy theories. I actually think this one was better than his first, Killing Floor. ( )

This is my personal favourite of the Reacher books, but I've read and enjoyed all of 'em. ( )

Reacher is growing on me. I like the guy. His adventures are a stretch, but hugely entertaining. Like one of those big, action adventure box-office smashes that makes no sense, but has great special effects and one-liners.

Once again, complete and utter happenstance puts Reacher in the thick of things. Signals are misread, motives assumed, mistakes made and he’s in for the long haul. His innate and dominant sense of right and wrong keeps him involved when he had opportunity to leave; he’s a hero and he can’t walk away from someone in distress. Plus we learn a bit more about his past and what we learn makes us like him more. I love Child’s decision to not give us the whole story, but instead to draw it out with small nuggets of info in each book. It keeps the readers engaged and interested in his character. Other authors would do well to learn this (I’m looking at you Jeff Lindsay).

This time we’ve got a bunch of amped-up segregationists hid out in (surprise!) Montana with lots of guns, money and crazy talk. They’re nuts, but well organized and deadly serious. It’s almost too delicious watching and waiting for Reacher to bring it all down and kick some serious ass. That being said, I do wish one particular bad guy got more of a drawn out awakening of his failure before he met his final end. Child pulled the punch when it came to it and it was my only disappointment in an otherwise excellent Reacher adventure. ( )

Usual high octane Jack Reacher which keeps you reading to the end, even though you know he survives, just a question of how and who with! This time he is kidnapped with an injured FBI agent who he was helping carry her cleaning. ( )