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Running Blind (Jack Reacher #4)
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Lee Child
Across the country women are being murdered by a killer who leaves no evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to a motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, the only thing that links the victims is the man they all knew: Jack Reacher.
Paperback, 512 pages
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August 28th 2007
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Okay, I'm reading these out of order, I can see... I was greatly impressed with this mystery novel and Jake Reacher is a very interesting enigma, one that never gets fully fleshed out (at least in this novel)
Reacher is a former Army MP (a major) who is brought in by the F.B.I. because someone is murdering women from his past. The Bureau quickly blackmails Reacher into helping them with their investigation before the seriel killer can strike again.
I think the most impre...more
Reacher is a former Army MP (a major) who is brought in by the F.B.I. because someone is murdering women from his past. The Bureau quickly blackmails Reacher into helping them with their investigation before the seriel killer can strike again.
I think the most impre...more
2 ½ stars. Long, drawn out process investigating murders. Not enough action. The ending was frustrating.
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The story starts off in an exciting way with thugs demanding payoffs from a new restaurant owner. Reacher likes the restaurant and takes action. That was fun. But after that there was very little action, not enough. It was a long, drawn out process trying to solve the murders, but no one figured anything out until the very end. I’m reminded of the M...more
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
The story starts off in an exciting way with thugs demanding payoffs from a new restaurant owner. Reacher likes the restaurant and takes action. That was fun. But after that there was very little action, not enough. It was a long, drawn out process trying to solve the murders, but no one figured anything out until the very end. I’m reminded of the M...more
Women are being murdered in some bizarre ritual. They are all connected in that they worked and resigned from the US Army. Other than that, the motive is unclear. The murders are ritualistic, with each victim being found in their home, naked, in a bathtub of army camouflage paint. The murder sites are free from evidence and the cause of death is not evident. With little to go on, the FBI suspects that the murderer must be an army man who has a link to these women in the past. A man who can kill,...more
Flawed but suspenseful Reacher thriller with huge surprise!
We're big fans of Lee Child and his hero Jack Reacher, an ex-military police investigator who can apparently solve any crime! "Blind" is loosely a sequel to "Tripwire" in that Jack has just inherited a house, is busy loving star-lawyer Jodie, and is at odds with himself over "settling down" compared to his normal nomadic meanderings around America sans ID cards and luggage.
After foil...more
We're big fans of Lee Child and his hero Jack Reacher, an ex-military police investigator who can apparently solve any crime! "Blind" is loosely a sequel to "Tripwire" in that Jack has just inherited a house, is busy loving star-lawyer Jodie, and is at odds with himself over "settling down" compared to his normal nomadic meanderings around America sans ID cards and luggage.
After foil...more
Child plays around with the FBI/serial killer thriller genre in this 4th Reacher book--women scattered at the far extremes of the country are murdered in a cold, clinical, and bizarre manner by a killer who leaves absolutely no traces. Good for people who like mysteries where there are clues throughout, so that you feel like you had a fair shot of solving it even when everything comes as a surprise. Reacher is no longer the musclebound boneheaded thug of Tripwire, which was a relief. I kinda enj...more
Why this was also published as The Visitor is beyond me. Jack has been targeted by the FBI's behavioral science unit – I love several of Jack's comments regarding this speculative agency and its worth, its best profiler has a degree in andscape gardening -- as being a likely serial killer. It seems severeal women from his past have been murdered. All of them had filed sexual harassment charges against a superior and Jack had been an investigating office while in the army. Using his investigative...more
RUNNING ON EMPTY
Make this my fourth entry into the world of Jack Reacher, having already read the first three books in this series. Of those, I loved Killing Floor, didn't love Tripwire and enjoyed Die Trying. When I started Running Blind, I was just happy to be back with Jack Reacher, a character who guys can relate to and women can fall for. Who doesn't like the brooding bad boy type with the Robin Hood vigilante mentality?
I was so caught up in this book right from the...more
Make this my fourth entry into the world of Jack Reacher, having already read the first three books in this series. Of those, I loved Killing Floor, didn't love Tripwire and enjoyed Die Trying. When I started Running Blind, I was just happy to be back with Jack Reacher, a character who guys can relate to and women can fall for. Who doesn't like the brooding bad boy type with the Robin Hood vigilante mentality?
I was so caught up in this book right from the...more
I must be getting a little jaded with these Reacher novels because I think earlier on I would have given this story five-stars. In this story, Reacher has a house, a car, and a girlfriend he loves . . . and it's sort of weighing him down. He struggles with why it is he wants to be a drifter without possessions, which conflicts with the kind of relationship Jodie wants; he does want to keep the joy that comes with being with Jodie but something is gnawing at him. He finally realizes that "pa...more
This was a very enjoyable read, because Jack Reacher is an enjoyable character. Despite the fact that it was easy for me to guess the identity and method that the killer used early on in the book, I still found it exciting to turn to the next page because Lee Child knows how to tell a story and how to dole out pieces of information so that you want to shake him and say, "Yes, yes... now what? Go on!" even if you're just looking for confirmation. Still, I was surprised by some of the de...more
Great, better than tripwire, more like the first two Reacher books. There is still less action though. The story was very compelling and keep me wondering and hanging on to see how it would work out, but it ended up being more of a crime fiction novel than anything else. There is nothing wrong with that I love crime fiction, I wasn't expecting it though and I don't read the Reacher books for crime fiction, but it was good. Lee Child does a great job of making you really curious to figure out wha...more
Running Blind also known as The Visitor. Follows from book three with amazingly Jack still in New York and living in the house he inherited dating Jodie. Very strange that he appears to have spent several months in this very normal way of life and we just know this cant last.
Jack is arrested by the FBI suspected of killing a female ex army, working alongside them he helps them track down the real killer. No violence, no forensics, no struggle, no clues. Who and how ? The killer ma...more
Jack is arrested by the FBI suspected of killing a female ex army, working alongside them he helps them track down the real killer. No violence, no forensics, no struggle, no clues. Who and how ? The killer ma...more
You could absolutely have not read one Jack Reacher novel and completely enjoy this book. I can't go into details not one, I will give it away, it will be a chink in this story that will reveal something way to soon. This absolutely took me until the end. You are so whirl-winded after that the personal story that developed is bittersweet as well. You kind of get punched in 2 different directions. I wouldn't suggest this as a starting point though in the series of books, you need to have the othe...more
I really like the Jack Reacher books. They are usually smart, fun, interesting, and the character is just so damn badass, that they make for great popcorn.
Unfortunately, this one just is pretty bad. Better than the bad books of most other writers, this one still falls short on most marks.
Given, it is fun to see Reacher beat up on bad dudes, which he does with aplomb. However, the bad guys here are so predictable that the big surprise ending is evident from the character'...more
Unfortunately, this one just is pretty bad. Better than the bad books of most other writers, this one still falls short on most marks.
Given, it is fun to see Reacher beat up on bad dudes, which he does with aplomb. However, the bad guys here are so predictable that the big surprise ending is evident from the character'...more
I've learned something new about Jack Reacher.
No I haven't found out that his middle name isn't really None, or what he uses to remove the hair in his ears.
What I have learned is this;
1. The book has two titles. Running Blind and The Visitor. The Visitor was apparently considered too scifi for Americans (David Bowie/Robert Heinlein anyone?)
2. Jack Reacher stories may be improved if they are read alternately between books by other authors.
I just finished this ba...more
No I haven't found out that his middle name isn't really None, or what he uses to remove the hair in his ears.
What I have learned is this;
1. The book has two titles. Running Blind and The Visitor. The Visitor was apparently considered too scifi for Americans (David Bowie/Robert Heinlein anyone?)
2. Jack Reacher stories may be improved if they are read alternately between books by other authors.
I just finished this ba...more
Two stars, meaning "it was ok", is the perfect rating for this book. It was just that, "ok". It could have been worse, and it certainly could have been a lot better, but in terms of expectations it just about fulfilled them. And my expectations were low.
The writing is quite awful - no sentence is longer than about five words, it reads like a primary school book, and some of the descriptions are absolutely cringeworthy. The scene where Reacher helps Harper learn to...more
The writing is quite awful - no sentence is longer than about five words, it reads like a primary school book, and some of the descriptions are absolutely cringeworthy. The scene where Reacher helps Harper learn to...more
Jack Reacher, Lee Child's ex military cop, retired, travels around the country and inevitably gets into trouble. This time someone is killing off retired friends, all women. He has to solve the problem before someone else dies. In this book Jack actually has a girlfriend from the previous book, Tripwire, which, by the way was really really good, one of the best in the series. First, he is accused of being the serial killer, then he is told the solve the murders, he is partnered with an FBI a...more
I'm afraid I'm going to have give Jack reacher a rest for a while. This book was ridiculous. I had this thing figured out very early on and was dreading being right. You will not be impressed by the method of murder. It is a huge stretch to think that this could be remotely possible. Plus, the investigators are morons! Lee Child makes the FBI no more tha stupid thugs that can't get anything done without resorting to threats of everything from framing someone from murder to actually having them, ...more
I was given this book for Christmas, and although it's not really my bag, being an American so-called thriller, it's not bad. Reacher, the "hero" of the story is chasing a multiple killer who seems to be targetting females who have left the USA army under a cloud after being picked up by the police when he interferes in a crime in New York. There's a fair amount of assumptions made by his captors/colleagues as well as by Reacher himself as well the reader's knowledge of the American ...more
I was listening to 'Gone Tomorrow' on Books Radio and thought that I'd like to actually read one of the Jack Reacher Series books. Happily - one seems to be able to 'start in the middle' of the series with little loss of enjoyment. I may rethink this later when I have read more than one - but I very much enjoyed Running Blind. I like the narrative from Jack Reacher's perspective. I like the explanation of the ways of Military Police, which I know very little about. The plot twists and turns...more
I wasn't even going to admit to reading this book, which I picked up off the free shelf at our coffee shop as we were heading out of town for a beach weekend, but I have to give credit where credit is due. Yes, it's a ridiculous, sexist military murder thriller, but I'll be damned if I couldn't put the thing down. I actually slowed myself down at the end, as the mystery was unraveling, so that I could savor it. And after I found out how it ended I actually considered for two seconds the idea ...more
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This was one of those books where you have to really try not to analyze it too much. Jack was still Jack, but there were a lot of elements in this book that were just a bit too far-fetched. (Wow, if the FBI really operates that way, I'm glad I've never had a run-in with them, LOL.) It was still entertaining - though I'm really only following this series for my hubby. (We listen to the audiobooks together.)
If you haven't read any Jack Reacher stories before, I certainly wouldn't star...more
If you haven't read any Jack Reacher stories before, I certainly wouldn't star...more
Until this book I was kind of liking Jack Richard... but all of a sudden the author is starting to portrait him as a lone-ranger that is taking way too much liberty when it comes to impart justice hiw own way... Don't get me wrong... I like the whole idea of bad guys paying for their crimes... but in a way I feel like Richard was above that... a loner... but not an avanger... and a little bit smarter when it comes to handle people and situations... The author in some instances is even making h...more
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Perfect airport reading. Though this Jack Reacher novel comes right after my least favorite one (to date), Lee Child seems to be hitting a familiar stride here. There's a serial killer who seems to be targeting military women who have pressed sexual harrassment claims (and have since left the army), there's a group of FBI agents who first see Reacher as a potential suspect but then want to recruit him as a consultant, there's a hot young FBI agent, etc. There's also Reacher's uncomfortable fe...more
This 4th title may include my favorite plot in the Reacher series so far- it evoked an obsessive curiosity. This is the first serial killer Reacher encounters in the series. I found the killer's MO one of the most intriguing of any MO I can remember reading. It drove me nuts trying to figure out how the killer caused death...and you smack yourself silly when Reacher explains it all. This was a simpler read than the 3rd title (Tripwire) which incorporated a very intricate plot - it took some c...more
Jack Reacher finds himself in trouble with the FBI when he is picked up and accused of the bizarre murders of two women who were once in the military and dealt with some sort of sexual harassment while in the service. He reluctantly agrees to help with the investigation although he feels more like a prisoner than apart of the team.
I thought this was an exciting novel. There were some aspects of the murder that I was able to figure out, however the one who committed the crimes took me...more
I thought this was an exciting novel. There were some aspects of the murder that I was able to figure out, however the one who committed the crimes took me...more
Settling down" is upsetting to wanderer Jack Reacher, who has been left a house by his former commanding officer on his death. Now Reacher has a house, a car, and a girlfriend and when he's picked up on a murder charge and, as Reacher always does, is found innocent and enters into the investigation, he begins to enjoy the freedom the investigation gives him.
Women are found dead in their bathtubs, full of military-green paint. The murderer leaves not a single clue. It's up to...more
Women are found dead in their bathtubs, full of military-green paint. The murderer leaves not a single clue. It's up to...more
Perhaps in response to what was certainly a lot of reader and critical complaint that Mr. Reacher had become almost too super-human by the end of book three, book four is surprisingly action free. It opens with a few elbows to the head and has a couple instances throughout, but, for the most part, the fourth installment in the Jack Reacher saga is pretty straight forward as a police procedural.
I saw the ending coming from pretty much the first time the character was introduced, but ...more
I saw the ending coming from pretty much the first time the character was introduced, but ...more
You gotta love these Jack Reacher books for perfect beach reads. But remember to take plenty, because even though they are big and fat - you can just breeze through them.
Perhaps I shouldn't write as if I know each and every Lee Child's book written about the character Jack Reacher - this is only my second. But I can guarantee that he is always big, always a bit scary, always sets his own rules, and always figures out something a bit convoluted. And even if he does put on dirty clot...more
Perhaps I shouldn't write as if I know each and every Lee Child's book written about the character Jack Reacher - this is only my second. But I can guarantee that he is always big, always a bit scary, always sets his own rules, and always figures out something a bit convoluted. And even if he does put on dirty clot...more
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Lee Child was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation ...more
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