61 Hours: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels) by Lee Child

 

Wrong place, wrong time, right man.

This was the first book that I have read from the Lee Child’s “Jack Reacher” series. I was concerned about it being the 14th in the series but I was hooked early. This book is able to stand on its own, all the back story is given to the reader as needed. There are no references to events from previous books that aren’t explained almost immediately. I was a little confused by the ending but maybe all the books end this way. Sort of a Sopranos fade to black style ending but it didn’t lessen the experience of reading the book.

It opens with a bus load of retirees and Reacher being stranded by a snowstorm in a small South Dakota town. Mix in a abandoned military installation, motorcycle gangs, prison unrest, a drug lord and a few other mysterious or unsavory characters and you have a delightful blend of murder, mayhem and action. It was a fun read and has inspired me to add the rest of the series to my “To Read” list.