The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, No. 10
by Lee Child
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Author: Lee ChildEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-27
ISBN: 0440241030
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Dell
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Book Review: YET ANOTHER DAZZLING INSTALLMENT OF HARDBOILED ACTION
Summary: 5 Stars
Looking at the clustering of reviews with 5 and 1 stars, I'd say Lee Child continues to deliver. A man at the top of his craft. The Enemy had drawn me to the witty devil-may-care ex-marine Jack Reacher, One Shot was his best escapade so far, and The Hard Way simply continues to hone his inimitable style.
The plot is smart and the logic immaculate. Child sweats the little details. The common suspense device of unraveling facts later is not his thing. Instead, a la Agatha Christie of yore, we get all the trivialities as the plot unfolds, which makes it twice as exhilarating when they become relevant to Reacher. The writing is taut as ever. That's welcome in any novel but in a thriller it makes for thumping pace.
There's certainly a thing for ammunition here, because Reacher is a connoisseur of the best gadgetry. Unlike many thrillers where the plot surfaces somewhere through the middle and the rest is just jumping through the hoops to make things happen, his stories pulse down to the last wire. We think, wonder and venture with him. And it's all very plausible, relevant. For instance, America's recently instituted "forward operating bases" play a non-trivial part in the script. These novels are as informative as they're action packed.
If you want top-class, nail-biting, keep-awake-at-night entertainment, this will fit the bill just fine. A highly satisfying read before you move on to Bad Luck and Trouble.
Summary of The Hard Way (Jack Reacher, No. 10
In Lee Child?s astonishing new thriller, ex?military cop Reacher sees more than most people would...and because of that, he?s thrust into an explosive situation that?s about to blow up in his face. For the only way to find the truth?and save two innocent lives?is to do it the way Jack Reacher does it best: the hard way?.Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money. And Edward Lane, the man who paid it, will pay even more to get his family back. Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any amount of money and any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And then he?ll turn Jack Reacher loose with a vengeance?because Reacher is the best man hunter in the world.
On the trail of a vicious kidnapper, Reacher is learning the chilling secrets of his employer?s past?and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He?s beginning to realize that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: he?s already in way too deep to stop now.
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