Please add this book to the tv series asap so I don't have to read any more words.

"The cop climbed out of his car exactly four minutes before he got shot. He moved like he knew his fate in advance. He pushed the door against the resisitance of a stiff hinge and swiveled slowly on the worn vinyl seat and planted both feet flat on the road. Then he grasped the door frame with both hands and heaved himself up and out. He stood in the cold clear air for a second and then turned and pushed the door shut again behind him. Held still for a second longer. Then he stepped forward and leaned against the side of the hood up near the headlight."

Thank god most of the book is dialogue.

"I need money," I said.
"Why?"
"I'm going to need to travel."
"When?"
"Right now."
"Is that wise?"
"Not reallly. I'd prefer to wait here a couple of days until the initial panic is over. But I don't want to push my luck with you."
"How much money?"
"Five thousand dollars."


Well, nevermind.

There's a nice initial twist to that opening scene that I appreciated, but this writing... Wait... is that a [a:John Connolly|38951|John Connolly|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1201288913p2/38951.jpg] book over there?

Reacher, honey, I'll wait for Netflix.

Persuader is the seventh book in the Jack Reacher series and was first published in 2003. With each book we see the character of Reacher develop further. The way in which Lee Child has developed Reacher’s character is second to none. This is how an all-American should be.

Reacher was passing the near Symphany Hall in Boston, when he saw someone who was supposed to be dead, get into a car. When Reacher got back to his hotel room, he made a number of calls to people he knew from when he was in the military police. Before he knows it there is a DEA agent knocking on his hotel door, which takes him back ten years and a score to settle.

Reacher is unloading a van outside a music store which sells second-hand CDs in a small New England college town. Reacher observes everything around him. He can see college cops, and old detective getting out of his vehicle further up the road and a limo which has bodyguards and someone with a backpack. Reacher’s instincts kick in and he saves the person who is being guarded, while everything around him is going to hell in a handcart.

Reacher having taken the law into his own hands, he has actually killed a cop. The life of the person he has just saved is in his hands. The person just wants to go home to his parents where he feels the safest. This is the first time that Reacher has ever stepped beyond the law.

Reacher stepping beyond the law to settle a wrong, shows a powerful emotional side that the reader has never experienced before. This edge makes the thriller even more pulsating. When the odds are stacked against you, then it is Reacher who you want on your side. Here he kicks ass and is taking names, like a true superhero. ( )

5/10
Back to high body counts and even-more-unbelievable-than-usual plot twists. ( )

Just OK ( )

Felt tired compared to previous books and rather formulaic.
Nice set pieces, but what felt like unconvincing errors of judgement all around. ( )