Reacher violently beats up one thug every three pages in a far more violent and bloody way than usual. Lee has three homes—an apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In some ways, it’s lacking in the nuance of the telling that the straight Lee Child authored books has, but it managed to keep me entertained and curious about what would happen next.

While Reacher and another Colorado local try to peel things back, which include a trip to Mississippi, a young boy has begun a trek across the country to flee a troubled home life. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother. This antagonist also used a thoroughly brutal method of killing, which normally I wouldn’t mind in a Reacher novel (they’re supposed to be full of violence), but this was too over-the-top for me. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushing the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. Jack Reacher has paused briefly in his travels in Gerrardsville, Colorado, when he witnesses a woman being pushed into traffic who consequently dies.The trip through cell block C was completely pointless and clunky way to tie off a number of obvious loose ends. Reacher's journey starts in Gerrardsville, Colorado where he witnesses a woman being pushed under a bus, and a man in a hoodie took her purse and left the scene. I found the transition from Lee to Andrew pretty seamless, with no diminution of author skill or reader enjoyment.

After a brief confrontation with a few men who might have been part of the killer’s group, he gets a glance inside the victim’s purse, where he learns a little more about her, including that she is far from her Mississippi home, where she works in a prison. Lee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham.While the main character was named Jack Reacher, it didn't feel like the Reacher who had been created by Lee Child. I'd rather wait 18 months for a well-conceived story line than get another "No Plan B" threadbare "Reacher" story in a year.