Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7)
by Lee Child
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Author: Lee ChildEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-30
ISBN: 0440245052
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Dell
Book Reviews of Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7)
Book Review: More top-notch fiction from Lee Child
Summary: 5 Stars
A couple years ago, I was first introduced to Lee Child with Persuader and was impressed enough to start Child's Reacher series at the beginning. Having gone through all the earlier books, I figured I'd reread this novel before proceeding to the later books. Even as a re-read, this is a top-notch book and a reminder of why I've become a Lee Child fan.
Persuader begins with Jack Reacher rescuing a college age kid from a kidnapping attempt. Soon enough, we find out that this is a ruse to get close to the boy's father, Zachary Beck. The FBI wants to shut Beck down; Reacher's more interested in Beck's business associate, a man Reacher knows as Quinn. But to get to Quinn, Reacher must first deal with gaining Beck's trust. There are additional complications as well, including a missing FBI agent and a murderous steroid-filled giant named Paulie.
One of the first rules in suspense fiction is that if you think you killed someone, but you don't actually see his dead body, he's not really dead. Unfortunately for Reacher, he doesn't realize he's in a suspense novel, so even though ten years earlier, he shot Quinn three times and watched him fall over a cliff, he never saw the corpse, and Quinn did survive. Reacher is not a man who's very emotional, but the crimes that Quinn committed ate at him deeply; learning that Quinn is alive through a chance encounter reawakens his old feelings.
Reacher is good at what he does, and so is Child. Although I'd read the book before and remembered many of the key plot points, this was still a good, suspenseful story. Child is able to make Reacher the almost ideal type of fictional action hero: one who is good at what he does (but is never cocky about it), intelligent, and is ethical without being preachy. Done improperly, a character like Reacher could be annoying, but Child never hits a wrong note. Since continuity is not too important with this series, this is as good a place as any to start (it's where I did), but if you like good suspense fiction, this is a must-read. Child is one of the best in the thriller genre.
Summary of Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7)
Jack Reacher.The ultimate loner.
An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he?s moved from place to place?without family?without possessions?without commitments.
And without fear. Which is good, because trouble?big, violent, complicated trouble?finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once?not ever.
But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business.
Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it?justice.
From the Hardcover edition.
Jack Reacher, the taciturn ex-MP whose adventures in Lee Child's six previous solidly plotted, expertly paced thrillers have won a devoted fan base, returns in this explosive tale of an undercover operation set up by the FBI to rescue an agent investigating Zachary Beck, a reclusive tycoon believed to be a kingpin in the drug trade. The novel begins with a bang as Reacher rescues Beck's son from a staged kidnapping in order to get close to his father--and trace the connection between Beck and Quinn, a former army intelligence officer who tried to sell blueprints of a secret weapon to Iraq but was murdered before he could pull it off. Or so Reacher thinks, until he spots Quinn in the crowd at a concert in Boston. As usual, Child ratchets up the tension and keeps the reader in suspense until the last page, although his enigmatic hero hardly ever seems to break a sweat. In the tough guy tradition, Reacher and his creator are overdue for a breakout, and this muscular, well-written mystery might be the one. --Jane Adams
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