KCR: 61 Hours, a Jack Reacher Novel (crime)

Image via Wikipedia61 Hours is another novel featuring Jack Reacher, former top Army MP investigator (read: top army cop), wanderer, and sort of knight errant. He enjoys wandering the country, have virtually no belongings, and tends to run into trouble everywhere... because he refuse to back down from things, but he's smart... very smart, and he can take care of business as he's a big guy too.

In 61 Hours, a bus carrying him and passengers were stranded in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm. They made their way to town, Bolton South Dakota. Local cops, after figuring him out, asked him for help. Apparently there are a bunch of bad guys that come into town and cause trouble, and they may be related to that abandoned airfield on the outskirts of town, and there is a death threat against one of the outstanding citizens in town... and a prison on the edge of town ready to riot. Reacher will help to ensure justice is done, but there is a traitor in the department. When even cops turned up dead, Reacher must find the truth, and deal with a hidden legacy of the Cold War.

The action is a bit slow this time around. It's mostly wits, observations, and detective work. It was not near the end that Reacher gets to demonstrate his martial arts and gun skills. And this time, he'll meet a new enemy that may be a match to him.

If you are a Reacher fan, this book will not disappoint. However, if you are starting on Reacher, I actually recommend "Without Fail", where Reacher is tapped by the Secret Service to help protect the vice president... but the woman who found him was involved with his now dead brother...

Rating: read it once