Just great. Read it in one day. Reacher in NY, spots a potential suicide bomber, but she isn't, she's just a suicide… gets murkier and murkier as FBI, DoD and others try to get Reacher to back off but he, as usual, doggedly pursues the truth. Delta Force, Al Qaeda, NYPD all are involved. Spooky. ( )

Another excellent, fast-paced Jack Reacher novel, this time set in New York City, where Jack is confronted by a potential suicide bomber as he travels the subway late at night. As always, it becomes personal and the more people tell Jack to forget what he's heard or seen, the more determined he is to find what's going on. You just want to keep reading another chapter until the final page. When you analyze the plot afterwards, of course, there are all kinds of holes in it, but that doesn't seem to matter as Lee Child writes so well and keeps your interest to the final page. ( )

First off, I must tell you I've never read a Lee Child novel and obviously have never read the first twelve Reacher books. That said, I don't think it makes a big difference if you had. It's like jumping into a Bond movie...you don't really have to have watched the first ones.

Jack Reacher is ex-military. He really lives nowhere. He has no luggage, no change of clothes. He's kind of substance living in the city...a.k.a. cheap hotel rooms and just living day to day. (Really, he is an interesting character. Makes me want to read the first book in the series.)

Anyway, here's Jack sitting on the 6 train heading uptown in the early early morning. Five people are on the train car with him and one is probably a terrorist. He then proceeds to break down the signs of what a terrorist looks and acts like. And she (it's a she) fits the bill to a T.

And that's what hooked me. It was really fascinating. And what kept me interested in the story was Jack's continuous snarky observations of New York and its people. Sometimes they cracked me up and usually I was like "YES!" that is totally what it's like. For instance, as he's scrambling to get away from (or follow someone, I forget), he gets bogged down by one of NYC's many Double Wide baby strollers for twins, triplets, etc. And I was like "YES! Have you ever been to the Upper West on a Saturday morning?!" And apparently he has.

So it was a good action book with a odd snarky lead character and it was fun. And he made fun of tidbits of NYC life which made me laugh. ( )

"Gone Tomorrow" brings Jack Reacher to New York City where he sees a woman on the train and remembers the signs of a female suicide bomber. The woman has most of the signs so Reacher apprpoaches her to see if he can help. She pulls a gun and kills herself.

After giving his statement to the police, he meets the womans brother, a cop himself. He tells Reacher that his sister, Susan Mark, worked at the Pentagon and wouldn't have committed suicide.

Outside the train station, Reacher is approached by three men who ask if the woman in the train gave him anything or mentioned John Swanson or Lila Holt. She didn't but the names give Reacher something to investigate.
Swanson is a congressman. He's written a book about his life and Reacher learns that he was a Delta Force member. He recieved medals for his missions but no details are mentioned.

Jack goes to Washington, DC and speaks to Swanson but doesn't learn anything. Back in New York, he meets Lila who states that she's here with her mother. Susan Mark was helping them find a soldier who had been a friend of her mother's in Berlin.

The well written plot sails along and we learn of Reacher's inseights about Lila and her mother. Although they seemed sympathetic, there were holes in their story. They wanted info that would embarass the Congressman or even the United States.

Reacher agrees to help the Congressman. He must find a memory stick that Susan stole from the Pentagon. He knows something about what is on that sick but doesn't know precisely why it is so important.

Child's last novel, "Nothing to Lose" wasn't up to his prior writing excellence. However, with "Gone Tomorrow" he is back at the pinnicle of action thrillers.
Reacher is again the heroic, knowledgeable character. Seeing the manner in which he understands his advesaries adds to his legend and makes him more interesting. The setting is in New York and Child describes the city and inhabitants extremely well. ( )

Jack Reacher, what's not to like. Subway bombing, suicide or not? ( )