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Running Blind (Jack Reacher #4)

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See Jack Reacher now in his first major motion picture.
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.

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Published August 28th 2007 by Jove Books (first published 2000)

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Jul 03, 2012 Ian Mapp rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I am afraid that this is a complete load of pants.

Lee child has been my guilty pleasure, but this book does not have reacher doing what he does best (killing people!) or the epic scale of the other books. And there are some serious flaws with the logic in the book.

Flaw One - Reacher is pulled in by the FBI because the results of a serial killer profiling exercise have resulted in the fact that it is Reacher. Despite going through his personal history, the FBI never once question him on his invol...more

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Jaye Evans I agree with some of your points and especially with the liaison comment; I was disappointed in that angle and felt it was not who Reacher was.
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Theshrewedshrew I think your forgetting something when this book is being written, and who by. Lee Childs in a way thinks like Jack Reacher. It's an amusing thing to...more
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Dec 21, 2012 Linda Alexander rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is really difficult to find something 'new' to say about Lee Child's books because they are so terrific individually. Just completed reading 'Running Blind' and was astounded to learn whom the 'bad guy' turned out to be, and the method used to kill the women whom had left the military. As in all the Jack Reacher stories, Reacher got intimately involved with a woman (Jodie), but they both moved on and went their own ways in the end....and w/o any ill feelings of one toward the other. Reacher k...more

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May 27, 2013 Kris rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I think this is the first book I've ever rated "one star." Normally, I don't finish books that I don't like, so I don't have a reason to assign a low rating. I did finish this one, unrealistically hoping it would get better. First of all, I normally love the Jack Reacher books for what they are: guilty pleasures and a fun way to spend an afternoon. This book just left me feeling guilty for wasting my time, with no pleasure to balance it.
I've read several other bad reviews and agree with them, b...more I think this is the first book I've ever rated "one star." Normally, I don't finish books that I don't like, so I don't have a reason to assign a low rating. I did finish this one, unrealistically hoping it would get better. First of all, I normally love the Jack Reacher books for what they are: guilty pleasures and a fun way to spend an afternoon. This book just left me feeling guilty for wasting my time, with no pleasure to balance it.
I've read several other bad reviews and agree with them, but didn't see one that mentioned the biggest problem of the book, in my opinion: Hypnotism is not brain-washing! You cannot compel someone to do something under hypnosis that is inconsistent with his/her core values. These women were defined as mentally tough - and then they became robots through hypnosis? Absurd. And it is impossible to think that they all swallowed their tongues on command! The will to live, in a non-suicidal person, is paramount. Even if the person wanted to kill herself I don't think she could physcially do it that way. Drinking poisoned Kool-Aid is a far cry from voluntarily swallowing your tongue.
Other problems: Lamarr volunteered early on that she and her stepsister would inherit money when Lamarr's stepfather died. Then he dies and so does the stepsister. Reacher's first rule is to consider the obvious and follow the money. He fails miserably, as does the FBI.
Then there's Harper. The braless thing is stupid. I can imagine that being a young female FBI agent is tough enough without walking around braless with a tight white shirt on.
The problems with the book are too numerous to recount. I hated that I knew who the killer was so early in the book. And there was no true resolution. The bad guys (police & FBI) aren't held accountable and Reacher seems ok with it. He was jerked around by all of them and seems to take it in stride. Perhaps Reacher was "hypnotised," too?
I'm not giving up on the rest of the series, though. I hope the next one will live up to the standard set in the first three books.
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Feb 01, 2009 David rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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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 impressive thing about this no...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Michael Johnston rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the 4th in the Jack Reacher series and in my view one of the best. The amount of gratuitous and graphic violence is modest in comparison with some of the other books in the series, but the level of suspense is very high. This book puts Reacher's brilliant investigative mind more in the forefront than his remarkable physical abilities.

I had an inkling about halfway through that things were not as they seemed and at one point I had even figured out who the killer was only later to discard...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Al rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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.

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Jack Reacher is back, dragged into what looks like a series of grisly serial murders by a team of FBI profilers who aren't totally sure he's not the killer they're looking for, but believe that even if he isn't, he's smart enough to help them find the real killer. And what they've got on the ex-MP, who's starred in three previous Lee Child thrillers (Tripwire, Die Trying, Killing Floor), is enough to ensure his grudging cooperation: phony charges stemming from Reacher's inadvertent involvement in a protection shakedown and the threat of harm to the woman he loves.

The killer's victims have only one thing in common--all of them brought sexual harassment charges against their military superiors and all resigned from the army after winning their cases. The manner, if not the cause, of their deaths is gruesomely the same: they died in their own bathtubs, covered in gallons of camouflage paint, but they didn't drown and they weren't shot, strangled, poisoned, or attacked. Even the FBI forensic specialists can't figure out why they seem to have gone willingly to their mysterious deaths. Reacher isn't sure whether the killings are an elaborate cover-up for corruption involving stolen military hardware or the work of a maniac who's smart enough to leave absolutely no clues behind. This compelling, iconic antihero dead-ends in a lot of alleys before he finally figures it out, but every one is worth exploring and the suspense doesn't let up for a second. The ending will come as a complete surprise to even the most careful reader, and as Reacher strides off into the sunset, you'll wonder what's in store for him in his next adventure. --Jane Adams

From Publishers Weekly

Jack Reacher, the wandering folk hero of Child's superb line of thrillers (Tripwire, etc.), faces a baffling puzzle in his latest adventure: who is the exceptionally crafty villain murdering women across the country, leaving the naked bodies in their bathtubs (which are filled with army camouflage green paint), escaping the scenes and leaving no trace of evidence? The corpses show no cause of death and Reacher's sole clue is that all the victims thus far were sexually harassed while serving in the military. There's got to be some sort of grand scheme behind the killings, but with no physical evidence, FBI agents bumble around until they finally question Reacher, a former military cop who handled each of the dead women's harassment cases. After Reacher convinces investigators he's innocent, theyAcuriouslyAask him to stay on as a case consultant. Reacher doesn't like the ideaAhe's too much of a lone wolfAbut he has little choice. The feds threaten him and his girlfriend, high-powered Manhattan attorney Jodie Jacob, with all sorts of legal entanglements if he doesn't help. So Reacher joins the FBI team and immediately attacks the feds' approach, which is based solely on profiling. Then he breaks out on his own, pursuing enigmatic theories and hunches that lead him to a showdown with a truly surprising killer in a tiny village outside Portland, Ore. Some of the concluding elements to Child's fourth Reacher outingAhow the killer gains access to the victims' homes, as well as the revelation of the elaborate MOAfall into place with disappointing convenience. Yet the book harbors two elements that separate it from the pack: a brain-teasing puzzle that gets put together piece by fascinating piece, and a central character with Robin Hood-like integrity and an engagingly eccentric approach to life.
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Feb 06, 2013 Jeremiah rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ugh, where to begin. Another iteration of Lee Child's pattern: We have an inside man, a pointless subplot, and an improbable romance.

Again, I'm irritated at the lack of continuity here. In the 2nd book, Jack Reacher had exposed corrupt FBI agents, saved a cherished FBI agent (and daughter of a high-ranking general), and stopped a terrorist attack, but this doesn't even merit a mention when he's picked up by the FBI again? Not a line? Not a phone call from the friends/allies he made in the 2nd b...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Vannessagrace Vannessagrace rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Women who brought charges against military personnel for rape are being murdered. What do they have in common, Jack Reacher. While still serving in the Army, Reacher worked as the investigator on their cases. Local law enforcement and the FBI can’t seem to make headway so they blackmailed Reacher, so they believe, into investigating the case. Reacher is forced to work with Special Agent Lamar, a special agent with a bad attitude. The FBI assigns Special Agent Harper to keep Reacher on a short le...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Elmwoodblues rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

No spoilers here: the murderer is remote, taciturn, singularly brilliant and yet one-dimensional, and given over to extremes of fate, coincidence, and stinted dialogue.
Oh, wait; so is the hero of the book.
Come to think of it, so is the plot.

If you are a fan of Jack Reacher, US Army (Retired), drifter, loner, near-giant on oh-so-many levels, apparently...then snuggle into the choir seats and enjoy. You will even have a movie to go to soon, somehow starring Tom Cruise. How will they add 18 inches,...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Alain Burrese rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

There are some Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child that have a higher body count, and others where there is more thinking and figuring things out. "Running Blind" is one of the latter. Reacher does not rack up a high body count of bad guys, but he still makes for a tough guy hero you can cheer for, and one that has his own problems and demons inside.

This book picks up shortly after "Tripwire" and continues with some of the story that started in that novel. However, the new house and girlfriend from...more There are some Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child that have a higher body count, and others where there is more thinking and figuring things out. "Running Blind" is one of the latter. Reacher does not rack up a high body count of bad guys, but he still makes for a tough guy hero you can cheer for, and one that has his own problems and demons inside.

This book picks up shortly after "Tripwire" and continues with some of the story that started in that novel. However, the new house and girlfriend from the previous book don't make everything a bed of roses for our hero. There are problems on the home front, as well as an FBI investigation regarding a serial killer that Reacher gets caught in the middle of. The "perfect" crimes that have the FBI stumped cause Reacher to scratch his head more than once too. The investigation that has Reacher and the FBI "Running Blind" takes them back and forth across the country witch with temptations and feelings that don't make things easier for Reacher back home in New York.

Child's character Reacher is a thinking tough guy, and Child writes in an engaging and entertaining manner that keeps you turning pages to find out what happens next. There are a few twists and turns to keep the reader guessing as to where the story is going and who the clever killer will turn out to be. The dealings with the FBI might not be over, so I'm wondering if any of the agents will show up again, especially Agent Harper. It will also be interesting to see where the relationship that started in "Tripwire" finally ends. (Having read some of the newer Reacher novels, I know, but am looking forward to seeing how Child does things with the story line.)

I discovered this series two years ago by reading a couple of the series from the middle, and have since read the newest Child books, but also went back to start the series from the beginning and throw one into my reading every now and again. This is the fourth book in the series, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was a fun read, just like I've found all of them. I'm looking forward to reading the fifth book, "Echo Burning" as well as the new ones that come out as Child continues to write them.
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Jul 14, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense

Fourth in the Jack Reacher suspense series revolving around Reacher, a big man with nothing to prove and a heart of gold.

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Hoo, boy, Jack is between a rock and a harder place. And with a little help from Child, Jack pulls the wool over their eyes and exposes the true killer. Somehow, I knew who it was, but I just couldn't figure it out. Not until the end when the truth had to be spoon fed me! Looking back, all the clues were there. I was just too busy racing through the pages to find out wh...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Harry rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: detective-mystery, favorites

I'm going to add the same review for all of the Reacher series, so if you've read this one, you've read 'em all. If you feel a certain affinity for the lone hero, a man of principle, of unwavering knowledge and assent as to his own actions, than Jack Reacher's your kinda guy.

Lee Child has created an unforgettable and unique character in his creation of Jack Reacher. Jack seems to implicitly understand that he is a unique animal/human running around on this planet and that in spite of social con...more

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Apr 18, 2012 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thrillers, own

Running Blind is the perfect kind of book for me when I'm in deep search for some action.
First of all, what and amazing ending!! I had a moment whilst reading that I had the answer in my hands but Lee Child is so damn good at what he does he made me second guess my instincts.
I love Jack Reacher, he's amazingly smart and strong and witty and sexy as hell, in my mind anyway, so it's always always always a pleasure.
(Any Harlan Coben fans out there?? Are you too thinking of Myron Bolitar whenever...more

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Apr 09, 2012 Scott Rhee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A bit of a departure for Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, but not in a bad way. Child pulls back the reins in "Running Blind", with less shoot-'em-up action and more traditional murder mystery deduction, proving that Reacher can be just as much brain as he can braun. In this one, the fourth Reacher novel, Reacher is picked up by the FBI as a "person of interest" in a serial murder case. Someone is killing women across the country in a bizarre way, and Reacher happens to be the main connection: h...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Mary rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book bothered me in many ways. It was hard to tell if this took place a year and half after Tripwire or a mere few months (Tripwire took place in early June and this took place in mid-fall). So it was hard to tell if Reacher was with Jodi Garber for a year + or a few months. What bothered me the most was that in Tripwire Jodi had no problem with Reacher's ways especially when it came to taking a bullet for her. But suddenly his need to get involved and help people his way really bothers her...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Larry rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

People say that knowledge is power. The more knowledge, the more power. Suppose you knew the winning numbers in the lottery? What would you do? You would run to the store. You would mark the numbers on the play card. And you would win. Same for the stock market. Same for basketball or the horses or anything. Same for killing people.

Women are dying. Women who have nothing in common except the fact that they once worked for the military. And they knew Jack Reacher. How and why these women are in...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dec 11, 2011 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-suspense-thriller

2 ½ stars. Long, drawn out process investigating murders. Not enough action. The ending was frustrating.

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 Michael Connelly books whic...more

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Aug 25, 2011 David rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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

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Jul 06, 2010 Jerry rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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 foiling a protection racket at one of his favorite little...more

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Nov 11, 2009 K rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense, mysterycrime

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

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Apr 11, 2009 Eric_W rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-and-thrillers

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

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Apr 11, 2009 Nancy (Hrdcovers) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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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 beginning. As a matter...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 beginning. As a matter of fact, I emailed a friend of mine just to say how much I was enjoying the Child's book I was reading. At the time of that writing, she was already on his current book so I was far behind her. This book was everything Tripwire wasn't in my opinion. It was fast paced with Reacher helping the FBI, obviously under duress, and his relationship with Jodi is still in tact. As with all of Jack's appearances, things will start to fall apart shortly.

While Jack is always chasing someone very smart, we all know that he is that much smarter. In this case, it's a serial killer bent on doing away with former Army employees who have left the force due to sexual harassment. The FBI profilers have narrowed it down to the exact type of person the killer is....someone exactly like Jack. This hunt will take Jack from the east coast to the west coast and back again until he figures out who the culprit is. We already know he's smarter than they are so we know he's going to be successful.

I loved this book until......it got to the ending. I see many other reviewers have complained about this so just add me to the list. When are authors going to stop neatly tying up their books with ridiculous scenarios. I have something else to say and I don't want anyone who hasn't read the book yet to read what I'm going to say so please move on to the next review.

I said move on to the next review or else you're going to read something you don't want to read. Okay so here's my beef. Am I crazy? Weren't there more than two paragraphs in the book where a colonel is sitting at his desk, forty to forty-five minutes away from Quantico, looking at the list of eleven women, four of which had already been killed. If this wasn't the killer, who the heck was he? Was he the chaplain who appears out of nowhere in the end. A chaplain who comes walking, not even driving, up a hill in the Pacific Northwest. And I'm so sick of authors making everything an inside job. It's like if a woman gets killed, the authorities first look at the husband. I'm now beginning to think that every time I pick up a mystery, I should just look at the cops investigating the case to come up with the killer. I'm sick of it, I tell you. Okay, enough of my rant. I'd love any of you who have read this book to please leave me a comment so I can know who the heck this colonel was and what part he played in the book.

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Jan 27, 2013 Jane rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm reading the Jack Reacher series in order, so this is the fourth Lee Child book that I have read. So far, the main conclusion that I have is that these books, whilst never being the most highbrow of literature, are pure entertainment. I enjoy them in the same way that I enjoy a summer blockbuster film.

Having said that, I think that The Visitor is probably the best Reacher book I have read so far. It seemed quieter than the others, less crash-bang and more quiet detective work. Sure, Reacher...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Dlora rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure-action

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 "part of...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 "part of being a drifter means you look forward, not backward. You concentrate on what's ahead. And he felt in his gut that a big part of looking ahead was looking for newness. Looking for places you hadn't been and things you hadn't seen. And the irony of his life was that although he had covered most of the earth's surface, one time or another, he felt he hadn't seen much. . . . Now he wanted to take the side trips. He wanted a crazy zigzag, any direction he felt like, any old time he wanted."

Besides coming to grips with what to do with his personal life, Reacher is embroiled with a serial murder case. The story starts with a bang when the Feds collar Reacher as a serial murderer based on their lead profilers's analyses. When Reacher is cleared by the occurrence of another murder he couldn't have committed, he is blackmailed by the FBI into helping them track down the killer of ex-military woman, all of whom Reacher as an MP had known because of sexual harassment suits. I figured out who the killer was early on and how it was done--I am getting savvy to how Lee Child thinks. Although, he did a good job making me second guess a number of times, but I did have it right.

As always, great military details, great investigative work, good plotting, good action, really good characterizations. I also enjoy the author's insights into people and society and communities that add color. Like for instance this one: "She was like most people. Put her alongside somebody she was acquainted with, she felt she had to be conversing. For her it was unnatural not to be." That tickled me because I had just had a similar experience and recognized myself. At Hale Theater during the break, Melissa left her seat leaving Linda one seat over from me. She was looking at her ipod. I was uncomfortable because I felt that I should be talking to her, that maybe she was feeling awkward, so I started a conversation. She was probably perfectly fine not saying a word. Too bad for Linda's sake I hadn't read this passage in Running Blind first.(less)

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May 31, 2013 Julie Barrett rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries, finished-2013

I'm reading the Jack Reacher books in order and this 4th book restores my faith in the series. The first one was so great but the second & third books got so outlandish and ridiculous. Reacher became this cartoon figure that could not get hurt. Reacher started reminding me of Wil E. Coyote. And the plots - oh Lord, the plots - how many murders and crimes can one man just happen across? Thus, the plot in the book came as a relief. The FBI came looking for his help, rather than Reacher just st...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Terri Lynn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mystery-suspense-thrillers

This is the smoothest reading Jack Reacher book I have read so far. I never could seem to find a place to stop reading when I needed to.

I knew Jack's relationship with lawyer Jodie would not survive and am surprised Lee Child bothered to carry it on to this book. They burned hot in the last book but only had sex once in this one.

Jodie loves her work as a lawyer and is about to make partner which means she'll have to go spend a couple of years in London. Jack inherited her father's rural house...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Nena rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads, unfinished

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Even though I am head over heels in love with these Jack Reacher books, this is the first one that I have read that left me feeling disappointed.

I was waiting for the usual action, the hand to hand combat scenes, the outwitting and outsmarting the criminals and all of the usual things that make Jack far superior than any of the other characters in these stories. None of those moments came.

I think that perhaps because this is an earlier book, the character isn't evolved yet and lacks...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Bruce Snell rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Nobody

Book four in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. In this book Jack is hijacked by the FBI and coerced/forced to help them solve a series of murders. Ex-Army women are being murdered in a most bizarre manner - the killer leaves no clues, the cause of death is impossible to discern, and the victims are discovered submerged in paint in their bathtubs. As depicted in this book, the FBI are a bunch of scumbag thugs and Reacher should have f*ucked up a bunch of them well before the end of the story....more

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Mar 26, 2009 Therese rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook

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 details, suc...more

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“I'm twenty-nine, yes really, I'm from Aspen, Colorado, I'm six feet one, yes really, I've been at Quantico two years, yes I date guys, no I dress like this just because I like it, no I'm not married, no I don't currently have a boyfriend, and no I don't want to have dinner with you tonight.” — 5 people liked it

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