Book info

• Title Die Trying
• Author Lee Child
• Year 1998
• Genre Thriller

Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds?

Thoughts

I loved this book. It’s one of those where the initial actions are mysterious but relatively small and then gradually we start to unravel what’s going on, and the stakes get higher and higher until it’s a really serious potential threat to the safety of humankind. At the heart of this is Reacher, who gets swept up in a kidnapping completely by accident, and how he deals with that at every step of the way is fascinating. I also enjoyed the outside efforts of law enforcement to try and figure out what’s going on, and completely get the wrong end of the stick. Just a really good adventure.

Rating: 4 / 5