Hitchhiking his way across the country, Reacher ends up in Maine near the Canadian border. Picked up by tourists from Canada, Reacher shares a ride and a meal with them (in a diner, because where else would Jack Reacher have a meal?!?), he parts ways with them. Only to find a few hours later that the trails are closed and the military police are out in force.
Reacher is drawn into the mystery of what happened to the hikers and what the military police are so intent on hiding from the world at large.
As far as Reacher stories go, this one is a perfectly entertaining enough one. Honestly, it felt a lot more complete and enjoyable that the last longer Reacher novel in the series. It doesn’t overstay its welcome and it tells an effective little mystery.
One of the better Reacher novellas that Lee Child has published in the last few years.
I listened to this one as an audio book, read by Dick Hill. It runs ninety minutes and it never felt like there was any dead period where my interest waned. I’m grateful my local library allowed me to download this as part of their digital audio collection.
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Have you read all the books in the series? Do you think I could pick up any one and not be lost? I tried that recently with Book 12 in a series and felt like I missed tons of character development, so that’s why I was wondering.
There’s not really a lot of character development to Reacher. For the most part, you can start at any point in the series.
Cool, thanks. Heavy on action, huh?