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5.0 out of 5 stars Jack Reacher as a Drifter Version of James Bond, Dec 6 2008
This review is from: Persuader (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked Persuader best of the Jack Reacher novels I have read so far. The plot is more deliciously complicated with little twists, there's a better use for all of that gun lore, high tech makes brief appearances and the bad guys are more complex than usual. In addition, Mr. Child provides us with a nice back story that develops along with the primary story line.

This story revolves around serendipity. There's a chance meeting where Reacher sees a man who should be dead . . . and Reacher wants him dead. When approached by DEA agents for an illegal penetration of a suspect's operations, Reacher wants in to finish the job he started ten years earlier.

The story revels in the sort of twisted villains, monster guards, pitched battles, and intrigue that make the earliest James Bond books so appealing. As a result, you get gore with a cutting edge of sadism. I don't recall a book about a different type of hero that's so much like Bond in the action. Perhaps You Only Live Twice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My first Reacher Novel, but not Last!, Jul 11 2004
By Tom Arnold "A beach bum" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Persuader (Hardcover)
I found this book in a hotel reading library and decided to give it a try, and all I can say is WOW! If you like adreniline thrill rides this is the book for you! Jack Reacher Is a great Character, A man's man. Has the same attraction for me as Dirk Pitt of Cussler fame (though different in many ways). Now I have to goa back read the rest of the series?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Reacher aspires to exocise old demons, Jul 1 2004
By Cory D. Slipman (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) - See all my reviews
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Sauntering around the streets of Boston, ex-Army M.P. Jack Reacher inadvertantly encounters a ghost from his past. Francis Xavier Quinn, ex-Army lieutenant colonel based in intelligence had been caught treasonously selling military secrets to Syria in a Reacher orchestrated investigation. The arrest went sour, exacting a huge emotional toll on Reacher. An enraged Reacher mistakenly thought that he had dispatched Quinn with two gunshots to the head causing him to fall off a cliff into the Pacific. This chance meeting proved that to be incorrect.

Reacher calling in a favor from an old Army buddy, caused the raising of red flags when he asked for a license plate
check on Quinn's vehicle. A DEA team led by Agent Susan Duffy was in the midst of a sting against Zachary Beck, a reluctantly coerced underboss of Quinn. Beck a rug dealer was purported to be a drug kingpin. The team had already lost an agent, Teresa Daniel, working undercover at the Beck estate. The DEA convinced Reacher to work with them to help find Daniel, bust Beck and take down Quinn.

They staged a kidnapping of Beck's son Richard in which Reacher
rescued the boy and delivered him to the Beck compound situated on a remote Maine peninsula. Reacher gradually gained the confidence of Beck and became part of his security team. Part of that team was a Quinn crony named Paulie, a steroid muscled 400 pound gargantuan with a fricasseed deviant brain, placed there to keep Beck in line. All the while, Reacher working with the DEA team was plotting a scheme to savor the sweet taste of vengeance against the hated Quinn.

Having read all of Child's Jack Reacher series of thrillers, it's safe to say that I'm a huge fan of this talented author. Persuader definitely ranks among his best.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good book
This book takes off right at the beginning. Reacher is an interesting character who is still haunted by the past. Read more
Published on Sep 3 2004 by Booklover

3.0 out of 5 stars Run out of gas?
I've read most of the Reacher books. "Die Trying" was my first, and Reacher and the plot intrigued me. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by Jenny Blickman

3.0 out of 5 stars A Static Protagonist
About thirty years ago, when Spiderman and the Fantastic Four were selling a lot more than Superman and Batman, DC finally woke up to the fact that they had a problem. Read more
Published on Jun 30 2004 by Robert I. Katz

5.0 out of 5 stars Brutal , Suspenseful and Spectacular!
These three words describe Lee Child's Persuader, but you could use a lot more - terrific, heart-stopping, wonderful, but in all things it is a brutal story. Read more
Published on May 25 2004 by S. Schwartz

3.0 out of 5 stars Over Reached
I've read all the previous Reacher books, started to lose interest with Echo Burning and I no longer care what happens to our superhero. Read more
Published on May 24 2004 by W. Marshall

4.0 out of 5 stars A Not Reluctant Hero
This was my first Jack Reacher/Lee Child book. I found the main character - Jack Reacher - a bit implausible at times. Read more
Published on May 20 2004 by Richard A. Mitchell

5.0 out of 5 stars Nonstop action, Highly enjoyed audiobook.
The audiobook version of this book was fantastic. Jack Reecher is the man. It was really well written and the reader was also very good. Read more
Published on May 16 2004 by T. Lynch

5.0 out of 5 stars A fatal flaw that nags at me
I really enjoyed this book. I didn't start from the beginning of the series, but read the previous book first. Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by Grebi

5.0 out of 5 stars One of "Jack Reacher"'s better books
Although Lee Child is a very good author, this is one of his better books. A page turner from start to finish, Jack Reacher fans will thoroughly enjoy this one.
Published on May 11 2004 by Donna_Harris

4.0 out of 5 stars Good all around book
This is my first time reading a Lee Childs, Jack Reacher novel but I was impressed. I found the book entertaining and difficult to put down. Mr. Read more
Published on May 6 2004 by Anthony W. Parran

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