The Visitor: (Jack Reacher 4)

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After four books in this raw series, the romantic persona of Child's rootless hero is starting to wear. Eventually, Reacher figures it all out -- and then the race is on, to see whether he and Harper can get to the next victim before the killer does, the narrative then moving back and forth with more urgency as both killer and Reacher close in. Lamarr's stepsister, it so happens, is a woman with the same particulars as the three already killed. Among the pleasing things about the plotting of Running Blind is how Child keeps bringing in and using the consequences of this one small encounter throughout the novel. And Child saves the conclusion from being a mere justice-is-served wrap-up with a few nice little last twists and tweaks, the FBI wanting to frame the resolution to their satisfaction but Reacher having a few nice aces up his sleeve.

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We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. The murder investigators are sure Reacher has the answers to their question: how did these women die? Lee is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers.It is revealed they have both been killed in the last few months and a criminal profiling team has come to the conclusion that the person responsible was someone exactly like Reacher. There are more such brief glimpses of the killer at work throughout the novel, and from the first it's clear that we are dealing with someone who is, in many ways, like Reacher: thinking things through and planning ahead very carefully and thoroughly, well-trained, and intelligent; like Reacher, they know: "knowledge is power. We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, traditions and living cultures; and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. The prologue opens with a mystery person's point of view on knowledge, power and killing, "People say that knowledge is power. The pacing is taut, but there are perhaps too many reversed signposts -- I identified the killer long before either Reacher or the FBI.

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In New York City, Reacher confronts and beats up two thugs sent to collect protection racket money from the new restaurant in which he has just finished dinner, and to warn off their organisation implies to the thugs that he is a member of a rival crime group who are already 'protecting' the restaurant. And, yes, Running Blind is a novel where Reacher tries to figure put what kind of life he wants to lead. Her motives were a family inheritance and a sociopathic bitterness to her stepsister; the other murders were carried out to muddy the investigative waters. There is some clumsiness and silliness here, but Running Blind is a very good lightweight thriller, an easily enjoyable read. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities.Reacher and Special Agent Lamarr, the lead profiler on the team, drive from New York to the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, whilst discussing information on the case. It's fairly silly and unrealistic -- and seems way too elaborate -- but the strangeness of the crimes is intriguing enough. FBI profilers led by Julia Lamarr have been trying to form a picture of who the perpetrator might be -- and the profile they come up with sounds an awful lot like Reacher. Reacher knows he will not want to go with her, since he misses his wandering ways, and the two agree to spend one last month together.

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By taking a certain crime lord out of the picture this effectively removes the leverage that the FBI has had over him and Jodie. Reacher doesn't take to Lamarr at all, and is relatively hostile to the whole investigation -- not least because Army and FBI generally don't get along. Reacher and Harper head up to New Jersey, but while Harper remains outside the colonel's office due to security clearance reasons, the colonel helps Reacher sneak out the window and arranges a four-hour trip to New York.In the novel, retired Army military police officer Jack Reacher must race against time to catch a sophisticated serial killer who is murdering a group of female soldiers, but leaving no forensic evidence. Once there Jack targets a random pair of criminals collecting protection money and deliberately instigates a turf war between rival racketeers. In New York City, Reacher confronts and beats up two thugs sent to collect protection racket money from the new restaurant in which he has just finished dinner, and deliberately implies to the thugs that he is a member of a rival crime organisation. The Jack Reacher encountered in Running Blind (published as The Visitor in the UK) -- the fourth in the series, set about three years after Reacher has left the army -- is, in several significant ways, unlike the one readers may have come expect.