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What can I say? I had a hard time putting the book down. I couldn't predict all the twist and turns. When you enter the world of Jack Reacher, Lee Child's ex-MP, you never know what to expect. You can certainly expect exciting action. The book is an excellent read. Reacher finds himself caught up in the investigation of a star helicopter pilot missing in action in Vietnam and assumed dead. The author takes three scenes and works them in the plot with twists and turns until they become one. The supporting characters are really well written, particularly the victimized Marilyn Stone and her real-estate agent friend, Sheryl. Marilyn displays quite a bit of spit and vinegar and loyalty to her milktoast husband, and plays a hard game with Hobie, for a while. Sheryl, meanwhile, displays a tremendous amount of loyalty to her friend.

Disappointments: What happens to Marilyn, Chester, and William Curry. They are pivotal victims in the climactic scene, and at its resolution, we don't know what happens to them. The Stones part in the novel are integral to the plot, and we come to care about what happens---especially to Marilyn. This lack of resolution is downright criminal, Lee! I even went back and reread the last two chapters to see if I missed something.

This is my 3rd Lee Child book. I need to now read #1 and #2.

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Enjoy! To my mother and brother who haven't read a Lee Child book. Then I will send it to purple4. When she gets the book, it will be hers to pass on as she desires.

given to me by my daughter