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Book Review – Bad Luck and Trouble

Phyl — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:55:01 +0000

I definitely should have started with earlier Jack Reacher novels when I started following Lee Child’s fascinating main character. In Bad Luck and Trouble, as in The Enemy, which I reviewed a few weeks ago, Reacher once again seems almost human. And just like in that book, it’s because he is in contact with people [...]

Teaser Tuesday: Bad Luck and Trouble

Phyl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:48 +0000

I decided to do a Tuesday Teaser today, for the current read about a character I thought I'd never like: Jack Reacher [...]

Book Review – The Enemy, by Lee Child

Phyl — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:58:33 +0000

He has relationships with family members (a mother and brother), and we actually get the impression that he experiences genuine feelings through all these interactions. And there isn’t quite the same “Reacher against the world” feel as in the other book. [...]

Book Review – Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

Phyl — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:43:22 +0000

If there are really people like that out there, this book makes me hope that there are also people like Jack Reacher, who make it their business to save the world from them. [...]

Bantam Suspense Book Club – Free chapter from Lee Child

Phyl — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:24:53 +0000

Bantam Dell has a new treat for its Blood on the Page suspense book club: free chapters from Lee Child’s book, Gone Tomorrow.

Lee Child is known for his “Jack Reacher” novels, about a former military policeman who now sort of drifts around, encountering murder and intrigue wherever he goes. Child himself had a substantial [...]