![]() She wants his help investigating her father's last project, a search on behalf of the elderly parents of their military MIA son. He finds out that she is attorney Jodie Garber, daughter of General Leon Garber, Reacher's recently deceased mentor and surrogate father in the Army. He discovers the body of a New York investigator hired by "Mrs. Reacher is in Key West, digging pools by hand and moonlighting as a bouncer for a topless bar. Finding themselves trapped in a seemingly remote place, they must work together to find the answers. Reacher and the woman are thrown into a dark van and taken 2,000 miles across America, completely unaware why they were kidnapped and where they are going. Just as Reacher helps Holly Johnson, an attractive young woman struggling with her crutches on a Chicago street, they are both kidnapped at gunpoint. This novel was adapted for the first season of the 2022 series, Reacher starring Alan Ritchson in the titular role. Though the first published novel, it is the fourth one in terms of the in-story chronology. ![]() During the course of the struggle, it is learned the unidentified victim burned to death is his brother, a Federal Government Agent working a case. He encounters various characters, both allies, including the new county District Attorney from the north, and foe, the police chief and the mayor, all on the payroll of the mastermind, a corrupt, philanthropic, "pillar of the community " as he fights to prove his innocence. Much to his surprise, shortly after his arrival, he is arrested in a local diner for murder, simply for being a random transient. Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the fictional town of Margrave, Georgia, because he remembers that a blues musician named Blind Blake was interred there. Reacher's travels outside the United States have taken him to rural England ( The Hard Way, Maybe They Have a Tradition), London ( Personal), Hamburg ( Night School) and Paris ( The Enemy, Personal). The settings for many of the novels are found within the United States of America, in locales ranging from major metropolitan areas like New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., to small rural towns in the Midwestern United States and Southern United States. The character has been portrayed by Tom Cruise in a 2012 film and 2016 sequel and Alan Ritchson in a streaming television series that premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2022. The Reacher series has maintained a schedule of one book per year, except for 2010, when two installments were published. The book series chronicles the adventures of Jack Reacher, former Major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, now drifter, roaming the United States taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations, some of which are of a personal nature. ![]() As of January, 2022, the series includes 26 books and a short story collection. Jack Reacher is a series of novels, novellas and short stories by British author Jim Grant under the pen name Lee Child. But be warned, the violence is graphic, imaginative, convincing, memorable and frequent.Series of novels and stories by Lee Child If you’re in the mood to escape into a world where a calm-but-deadly loner reluctantly but bravely takes the fight to the bad guys, this one is for you. This is not the deepest of books but it delivers what it promises on every page. He’s a sort of anti-hero with a code of honor. willing to kill evil-doers without a second thought and yet driven to do what he thinks is the right thing in a charmingly old-fashioned way. He’s a man who has made himself a loner, detached from most emotions other than anger. more than a little scary and yet, somehow, also quite vulnerable. I’m not sure I like him but I find him believable. ![]() I’m not at all surprised to find that he spawned a long series of best selling books. He has a world view all of his own and more than a few flaws. But what sets the book apart is the Jack Reacher’s “voice”. It was the perfect airplane read: fast pace, ingenious plot, lots of action and simple, clear prose. I listened to “Killing Floor” flying across the Atlantic and back. I’m obviously late discovering Jack Reacher, brought to him by the publicity around Cruise’s movie (although only the weirdness of Hollywood would cast 5′ 7” Cruise to play 6′ 5” Reacher). ![]() I wrote this review last year but somehow forgot to post it here. ![]()
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