Book info

• Title Echo Burning
• Author Lee Child
• Year 2001
• Genre Thriller

Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and beautiful. But her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her. Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and the lawyers won't help. She is entangled in a web of lies and prejudice, hatred and murder. Jack Reacher never could resist a lady in distress.

Thoughts

A slightly different Reacher story. At first, I wasn’t really on board. I know that Reacher likes to help a damsel in distress but this just didn’t feel like something he would get involved in. But once the murder happened and he started investigating, I started to get into it, and it felt more like a regular Reacher story by the end… the big shoot out in the rain was so atmospheric! Also loved Ellie, what a smart kid.

Rating: 3 / 5