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 enlarge | Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Dell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  179 reviews
Sales Rank: 910
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0440243661
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440243663
ASIN: 0440243661
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
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Condition: ex-library, nice reading copy
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 One of the Better Jack Reacher Books May 23, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
It is rare to simultaneously find strong character development and a great story together. Lee Child does both in this book pretty well. One reviewer was correct that the appearance (from the reader's perspective) of tremendous skill and fascination with numbers and mathematics was distracting however there were enough new character developments in most of the characters to partly compensate. Reacher and his team were getting old and slowing down, which makes them both more human and more believable. Some readers may not like that (understandable) but others may feel that it makes the story more believable. Overall, a great book and a great read!
Don't mess with Jack and his pals May 23, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bad luck and trouble: it's what befalls you when you mess with Jack Reacher and the remaining members of his team. Three points: a) One cannot rank the Lee Child novels because their quality has been high from the get-go; this one is also superb; b) This novel begins as more of a procedural than white knuckle/suspense and it plays up Reacher's skill with numbers, their interpretation and manipulation; c) One of Lee Child's particular areas of expertise is his knowledge of weaponry and its capabilities; that is one of the hallmarks of Bad Luck and Trouble, but here we are introduced to LC's ability to describe and characterize the actions of a Bell helicopter. Very impressive.
LC has nearly freed himself from the use of Britishisms in American settings. Only one here--the use of the word punter in its British sense (tourist/mark). It's a good word, one that we should adopt. Aside from that, LC continues to demonstrate his ability to describe American settings with all the skill and sense of detail that we would expect from a native.
Great book. It begins slowly (consciously slowly) and builds to a jackhammer conclusion. Don't miss it.
 Disappointed May 23, 2007
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I just finished Bad Luck and Trouble and while it was entertaining, it wasn't typical Jack Reacher. This new found mathematical skill and the concentration on it was boring. My appeal to the reacher character was the attributes of his physical abilities along with his very black and white viewpoints. He's getting a little soft around the edges now and seemed to be a lot less confident. Please bring back the self-assured Jack Reacher of old.
The Masterful Lee Child: May 22, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
No one does it better.
Period.
For those of you looking for an introduction to Lee Child, I still strongly recommend starting with "PERSUADER" - which in my opinion, has one of the all-time greatest first chapters ever. And I mean, ever.
Reacher reunites with his old unit May 22, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Itinerant loner Jack Reacher, a gargantuan modern day hero with an ethical sense of justice is wandering around the Pacific Northwest when he receives a desperate encrypted message through his ATM statement. Frances Neagley an erstwhile member of an elite investigative unit of Army M.P.'s commanded by Reacher implores him to meet her in L.A.
Their rendez-vous enlightens Reacher to the curious death of former team member Calvin Franz, an L.A. based private investigator. Neagley contacted by Franz's wife learns that he'd tossed alive from a helicopter perishing after making contact with the Mojave desert floor. Reacher who stills feels an intense sense of camaraderie with his former unit, attempts to mobilize the seven ogther remainin members only to find that two others are missing and incommunicato. Neagley and Reacher gratefully welcome Karla Dixon and Dave O'Donnell to help them find out what happened tp Franz and the three missing remaining team members.
One of them Tony Swan had been the director of security for a high tech munitions manufacturer with Pentagon contracts. Their investigation, aided by Reacher's mathematical acumen detects a pilferage of a revolutionary surface to air missile from Swan's firm. This advanced weaponry threatens to fall into the hands of an Middle Eastern entrepreneur, who has U.S. targets in mind.
Reacher once again in command, leads his crack team on a trail of vengeance for their fallen comrades while trying to maintain national security.
Child again in "Bad Luck and Trouble" inserts the heroic Reacher into a situation not of his own making. His military background immediately snaps into place, as his natural instincts to lead and solve complex problems while satsifying his penchant to kick butt, immediately fires up. My one problem with Child's latest thriller is that theusually solitary Reacher has to share the stage with other members of his elite team.
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