Book info

• Title The Enemy
• Author Lee Child
• Year 2004
• Genre Thriller

North Carolina. New Year's Day, 1990. A soldier is found dead in a sleazy motel bed. Jack Reacher is the officer on duty. The soldier turns out to be a two-star general. The situation is bad enough, then Reacher finds the body of the general's wife. This stomach-churning thriller turns back the clock to a younger Reacher, in dogtags. A Reacher who still believes in the service. A Reacher who imposes army discipline. Even if only in his own pragmatic way...

Thoughts

The next book in the Jack Reacher series is something of a prequel, dipping back into our protagonist’s history whilst he was still in the military. This time we have Reacher investigating a couple of murders that ends up leading into a sprawling plot and a bigger conspiracy, and he has to keep it quiet and learn who to trust and all that usual good stuff. At the same time, Reacher and his brother are dealing with the illness and death of his mother, which is an interesting personal angle that we don’t always get to see.

Rating: 4 / 5