Book info

• Title Worth Dying For
• Author Lee Child
• Year 2010
• Genre Thriller

'61 Hours' ended with maverick loner Jack Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him. But Reacher has done the impossible before. Now there's deadly trouble in the wilds of Nebraska--and Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it's the unsolved case of a missing eight-year-old girl, already decades-old, that Reacher can't let go. The Duncans want Reacher gone--or dead. And it's not just past secrets they're trying to hide. They're awaiting a secret shipment that's already late--and they have the kind of customers no one can afford to annoy. For as dangerous as the Duncans are, they're just the bottom of a criminal food chain stretching halfway around the world. Reacher--bruised and battered--should have just kept on going. But for Reacher, that was impossible.

Thoughts

This probably wasn’t one of my favourite Jack Reacher stories, although I do like that he was feeling the effects of the previous book. Turns out he’s not superhuman after all and can feel pain! But it felt like he was getting involved with something that really didn’t need to be undertaken. He was suspicious of being dropped off, suspicious of a doctor not really doing his job, and sure it all led to a big bad plot (a REALLY bad plot as it happens), it didn’t feel like enough to grab him. But still, it’s always fun spending time with Reacher, particularly as he gets more and more out of touch with the modern world - phones and the internet and the like.

Rating: 3 / 5