Tripwire (Jack Reacher) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Jove
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  106 reviews
Sales Rank: 810
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0515143073
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780515143072
ASIN: 0515143073
Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is lying low in Key West, digging up swimming pools by hand. He is not at all pleased when a private detective starts asking questions about him. But when the detective, Costello, turns up dead with his fingertips sliced off, Reacher realizes it is time to move on. As in Lee Child's two previous thrillers, Die Trying and Killing Floor, Reacher is soon up to his neck in lethal trouble, this time involving a vicious Wall Street manipulator, a mysterious woman (of course), and the livelihood of a whole community. Even the fate of soldiers missing in action in Vietnam is stirred into the brew. But this is not a book by one of the new breed of U.S. thriller writers. Child prides himself on his ability, as an Englishman, to write American thrillers that are utterly convincing in milieu and toughness of action, without a trace of English sensibility. Tripwire is no exception. Every bit as lean and compulsive as its predecessors, it also builds on the freshest aspect of those books: Reacher may be a tough, epic hero, but he always remains human and vulnerable. --Barry Forshaw
Product Description
Reacher's anonymity in Florida is shattered by an investigator who's come looking for him. But hours after his arrival, the stranger is murdered. Retracing the PI's trail back to New York, Reacher's compelled to find out who was looking for him and why. He never expected the reasons to be so personal-and twisted.
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 A real page turner July 3, 2008
A real page turner...I couldn't flip through the pages fast enough to get it over with. Tripwire was my first introduction to Jack Reacher, and I don't think we will be getting to know each other better. The mystery wasn't very mysterious and the romance was dull, cliqued, and filled with sophomoric angst.
The weak mystery is covered over with an overly complicated plot and hodgepodge of fluff characters. The two characters that hold any promise of being interesting, Tony and Marlin Stone, are either ignored or given up on in the last several chapters. The only real surprise comes in the end when we find out that Reacher is really Superman and his only weak spot is his head.
 Brilliant Reacher book April 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have now read all Lee Child`s Reacher books and will look forward to the next one. Brilliant entertainment, not too serious just good old escapism.....if you enjoy Child and Reacher try Soft Target, and Soft Target 2 `tank`, by Conrad Jones, similar genre, far more punch!!!
A change in character for Reacher April 16, 2008
Jack Reacher is usually the man-with-no-name who rides into town, cleans out some bad apples, and slips away into the sunset. This novel, the third in the series, is a change in pace. The novel starts out with Reacher actually working, digging swimming pools by day for the exercise (he is 6 feet 4 inches tall, and has his weight up to 250 pounds) and working nights as a bouncer in a nude bar for $50 and free drinks - they usually involves sitting at the bar, watching the show, and watching the customers (hard work, but someone has to do it LOL).
Reacher's past catches up with him, and he finds himself back playing an investigative role like he did as a military cop (he was a military police major until the Army downsized). The case is initially to investigate exactly what happened to an older couple's son in Vietnam (officially listed as an MIA). The case quickly turns into something else because someone is committing murders to keep things closed. We are introduced to a vicous corporate loan shark who likes to hurt people. He will do bad things to your wife and daughters if you don't pay up.
Reacher finds himself involved with people out of his past, and it looks like he might even settle down (you know that's not going to happen if you follow the series). The villains are mean, but Reacher can be even meaner (fight fire with fire). Bodies start to pile up, with a significant amount of colateral damage.
The novel is some part mystery, some part thriller, and some part action adventure. The story contains considerable violence (including torture), some sexual content (but nothing graphic), and some language consistent with the plot. Some parts of the novel seemed a bit of a stretch, so I only gave it four stars. The back of the book has a preview of the next novel in the series, "Running Blind."
Brilliant Reacher book as usual April 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love these novels they are great fun. If you like Reacher books read Soft Target by Conrad Jones thats brilliant too. More please
Tripwire March 26, 2008
Everything was fine, a typical jack reacher thriller, except the print of the book was suprisingly small, thus difficult to read for older folks like myself.
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