Book info

• Title A Wanted Man
• Author Lee Child
• Year 2012
• Genre Thriller

When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose - it isn't easy to hitch a ride in Nebraska. At last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. Within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and there's a police roadblock ahead. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys... Will they get through because the three are innocent? Or because the three are now four? Is Reacher just a decoy?​

Thoughts

At first I enjoyed this book - classic Reacher getting picked up as a hitchhiker in a seemingly innocent vehicle that actually ends up with him getting embroiled in a big plot. This one was fascinating, the drivers clearly hiding something and Reacher gradually finding out what it is. I also liked the cat and mouse chase with the detectives not that far behind. But once things started to be revealed, I sort of lost the plot a bit - quite a few different agencies and a lot of different levels of undercover, and I didn’t really care to follow it that much. Ultimately it was an ok read but I’m just happy to move on to the next. Will Reacher ever manage to get to Virginia?

Rating: 3 / 5