When a tour bus on which he bummed a ride skids off the road and crashes, Reacher finds himself in Bolton, S.Dak., a tiny burg with big problems. A highly sophisticated methamphetamine lab run by a vicious Mexican drug cartel has begun operating outside town at an abandoned military facility. After figuring out the snow-bound, marooned Reacher's smart, great with weapons, and capable of tapping military intelligence, the helpless local cops enlist his assistance, and, as always, he displays plenty of derring-do, mental acuity, and good old-fashioned decency. While the action is slower than usual, series fans will appreciate some new insights that Child provides into his hero's psyche and background as well as a cliffhanger ending. - Amazon.com
That description only gives a hint of the tension that builds throughout this gripping novel. As usual, Jack Reacher remains calm through a set of strange circumstances, involving prison riots, drug cartels and more. There's a shocking death near the end and the baddie is somewhat unlikely (I didn't see it coming) culminating in a cliffhanger that will only be resolved (I hope) in the next Reacher novel, Worth Dying For.
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