Lee Child’s novel Persuader [ISBN 0553 81344 7] is as OTT as his other Jack Reacher stories, but just as enjoyable. No messy narratives, no annoying botched red herrings, just a superbly written fast-flowing story with the flashbacks cleverly stitched into the story and not just inexpertly glued on. Reacher is, of course, quite an impossible character, but the reader is willing to suspend disbelief and follow the (rather brutal) action. –but it’s not real is it?
Lee Child’s novel Persuader [ISBN 0553 81344 7] is as OTT as his other Jack Reacher stories, but just as enjoyable. No messy narratives, no annoying botched red herrings, just a superbly written fast-flowing story with the flashbacks cleverly stitched into the story and not just inexpertly glued on. Reacher is, of course, quite an impossible character, but the reader is willing to suspend disbelief and follow the (rather brutal) action. –but it’s not real is it?
Reacher saw someone he thought was dead, and knew he had to find him again to make sure he was dead. So he got involved in a plot to find out about a drug gangster by rescuing his son from kidnappers by shooting a cop. Things don’t go along just as he hopes as when he gets to the gangster’s house he ends up being a virtual prisoner – and with everyone suspicious of him anyway for their own various reasons. Helping the government agencies brings him into even more trouble as he builds up to a final countdown with his prey.
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