Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 12/16/2009 + 1568 more book reviews

In perusing the new books list here at PBS, I've many times come across Child's Jack Reacher novels, and they sounded interesting. So I eventually got one, and discovered that 'sounded interesting' was a major understatement. Even starting at book 12 in a series, I got dragged in and didn't want to come out!
One lone, ex-serviceman traveling across country gets hassled by some over-zealous maybe-deputies in a rinky-dink town. This fellow believes in live-and-let-live, but he also believes in once-you-do-bother-me-you're-going-to-pay-for-it-BIG-TIME! So a lone man with only a single iffy ally decides to take on an entire hostile town and the rich man who owns it. Doesn't sound like a fair fight, does it? And it isn't---you'll see!

From back cover: Two small towns in the middle of nowhere: Hope and Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four hostile locals, a vagrancy charge, and an order to move on.
They're picking on the wrong guy.
Jack Reacher is a hard man. No job, no addres, no baggage. Nothing at all, except hardheaded curiosity. What are the secrets that Despair seems so desperate to hide?
With just one ally---a mysterious woman cop from Hope---and many enemies, Reacher goes up against a whole town, hunting the rich man at its core, cracking open his terrifying agenda, asking the question: Who has the edge---a man with everything to gain, or a man with nothing to lose?

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