The book is set in Georgia, USA and is written by Lee Child who is English but has an American wife. He turned to writing when he was made redundant in the UK and then subsequently moved to the USA.We are introduced to Jack Reacher who is an ex-soldier who becomes the drifter of today, doing odd jobs and going around from place to place with no ties and no particular direction.
At the beginning of the book he wanders into town looking for some leads on a jazz player who died years ago. He is not exactly welcomed to town as he is soon arrested. For murder. The police chief has turned evidence to arrest him and there is a further twist that the victim is Reacher's brother who he hadn't seen in seven years. We soon discover that there are other victims too.
Reacher gets some assistance from a couple of the town folk but generally they are against him. He tries to follow the footsteps of his brother but soon discovers that his brother's contacts are also dead.
At the beginning of the book he wanders into town looking for some leads on a jazz player who died years ago. He is not exactly welcomed to town as he is soon arrested. For murder. The police chief has turned evidence to arrest him and there is a further twist that the victim is Reacher's brother who he hadn't seen in seven years. We soon discover that there are other victims too.
Reacher gets some assistance from a couple of the town folk but generally they are against him. He tries to follow the footsteps of his brother but soon discovers that his brother's contacts are also dead.
The body count in the novel is high, but you cannot help but identify with the tough guy Reacher. He is the man every man wants to be and the man every woman wants to be with.
7/10 from me and a good first novel for Lee Child.
7/10 from me and a good first novel for Lee Child.
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