Lee Child’s Personal [2014 Jack Reacher thriller]
Jack Reacher is an enigma. He walks alone, yet he seems to keep finding more than his share of trouble and adventure. In Lee Child’s latest thriller series, Personal , Reacher answers a newspaper advertisement and finds himself flown across the globe trying to find (and stop) a sniper with a personal vendetta against him, and a possible world leader in his scopes. Child brings us right into the action by giving a first person point of view narration. He also answers some questions about Reacher’s past, giving us a glimpse into the hero we know, on a more personal level. We discover more about his mother – Joséphine Moutier Reacher , and his greatest failure – Dominique Kohl . In chapter eighteen, Reacher visits his mother’s grave and shares some insight into where he may have inherited his heroism. ‘What did she do?’ ‘Resistance work. Allied airmen shot down in Holland or Belgium were funneled south through Paris. There was a network. Her part was to escort the...