Collect 61 Horas (Jack Reacher, #14) Originated By Lee Child Visible In Softcover

had to laugh. Those of us in the thriller game talk about building suspense with the "ticking clock": a hard deadline that the characters are up against.
If they don't make it, all is lost, So what does Lee Child do He imbeds an almost literal ticking clock in every chapter, ending each one with the reminder that there are "X hours to go.
" It's such an obvious device that it's like the magician showing you how the trick is done, but it still works you still gasp and chuckle with delight as you see the trick pulled off.


The secret hidden beneath the snowbound wastes near Bolton, South Dakota, is one that a very scary villain is willing to kill for or, if necessary, torture, mutilate, cripple, then kill for.
Reacher's immediate problem, however, is keeping a flinty old lady alive after she witnesses a drug deal that implicates the minions of said nasty villain.
More I will not reveal, except to make one observation: you do NOT want to make Jack Reacher mad, Ever.


"عادت کردن به چیزی به این معنی نیست که ازش خوشت میاد. "شصت و یک ساعتلی چایلد Knock The Chill Off With This Thriller

First off, let me say that if I had any notion of a vacation in winter, Im not going to South Dakota.
Lee Childs thriller,Hours, finds Jack Reacher the victim of a bus accident in sub zero weather along a lonely stretch of highway with a busload of senior citizens.
Being the Good Samaritan that he is, he assists the bus driver as much as he can as well as the other passengers, Takes a bit, but they finally get the help they need, which leads them to the town of Bolton, SD,
As is his custom, or better said Mr, Childs custom, this unexpected detour lands Reacher in the midst of a brewing storm, literally on two counts: One, an even nastier weather system is on the way to make its acquaintance with the locals, not too much skin off their noses as theyre used to it for the most part.
Moreover, number two, a stealthy plot beneath the frozen citys surfaces churns in town and the much warmer south of the border locale of Mexico.
Troubles coming and someone wants a few people dead that are impediments to rather lucrative and quite interesting loot, That loot borders on the legal/illegal gray area and blurred line, Read this story and youll understand that statement,

Without divulging too much for those who havent yet indulged in this Child thriller, Reachers chief concern is someone hard pressed to defend herself against some sly opposition who only want her dead and out of their way.
I think what amazed me the most with this book was how Lee Child painted such a picture of the landscape that felt as if youre actually in that environment.
How he

sustained that with his prose gifts and hooked me in with the suspense that built with the unstoppable countdown, hence the title,Hours, is to read a true master at his craft.
Writers remember to include weather in your stories, This is a lesson in how the surroundings can be a character, So anyway, when the clock inevitably strikes twelve if you will, a whole lot of stuff hits the fan, the ceiling, the roof and everything else in sight.


The characters are well drawn especially the local towns people, Considering the storys construct, perhaps Reachers opposition wasnt as strong as in other adventures, But Child creates a rather ingenious character that fits the landscape construct that makes for a compelling manoamano battle, In addition, a very interesting but personal Reacher subplot further plumbs the depth of his character for his many fans to contemplate, It left me wondering is it possible for Jack Reacher to, lets just say, stay in one place for a bit or aka, settle down like most of humanity.
Well, heres hoping against that one, Hey, no offense to the flirty professional person in question, However, we fans of Jack Reacher accept him as a direct, spare, brilliant deductive reasoning, take no prisoners, human Terminator, Look more than forward to losing myself in the next Reacher adventure, Uma violenta tempestade de neve e um acidente com um autocarro turístico fazem com que Reacher vá parar ao meio do Dakota do Sul desprevenido.
Para a tempestade, claro está, Mas está pronto, como só ele consegue estar, a arriscar a vida para proteger uma corajosa testemunha, Se ela quiser viver o suficiente para testemunhar, vai precisar da ajuda dele,
Um assassino dirigese diretamente a ela e está prestes a chegar à cidade Ou até talvez já lá esteja "Relax I'm not going to shoot myself.
It's not my style. I'm just going to sit here until my head explodes, " a glum Jack Reacher, on the phone w/ military criminal investigator Susan Turner, on page

Hours fourteenth in the longrunning string of Jack Reacher action/adventure novels is, just in my opinion, one of the better installments up there with Gone Tomorrow and Bad Luck and Trouble in the sturdy series.
Why Because things really spiral downward and become difficult for Reacher in the third act, with two upsetting deaths the one was somewhat anticipated, but the other was a little surprising of some solid and likable supporting characters, which briefly sends our protagonist into some understandable and alltoohuman existential despair.
Fortunately, he's able to shake it off and continue fighting the good fight as always, In his latest sojourn across the continental U, S. , Reacher is temporarily stranded in a small community in rural South Dakota after a bus crash in the harsh winter weather, He is soon assisting the local police department when a mounting criminal conspiracy involving the wonderfully odd mix of the county's prison system, an old / abandoned military installation, and a vengeful South American drug lord threatens to cause some severe and fatal problems.
Is Reacher up to the task Of course he is, . . and it ends with a cliffhanger!!! Busses always seem to be dropping Jack Reacher off in the oddest of places where, inevitably, trouble is brewing.


In this case, Jack has hitched a ride on a tour bus filled with elderly folks who, for whatever insane reason, have decided to visit scenic South Dakota in the middle of winter.
The bus hits an icy patch and skids off the road leaving Jack and the other passengers stranded out in the middle of nowhere in Bolton, South Dakota, a tiny town with huge problems.


A pintsized Mexican drug lord has created a meth lab on an abandoned federal installation just outside of town, The outlaw bikers who run the lab are generally on their best behavior while in town and have given the local cops no reason to roust them.
But just before Reacher arrives in town, one of the bikers is caught selling meth to a dealer from Chicago, An elderly woman witnesses the sale and the biker is arrested, The woman is determined to do her civic duty and testify against the biker, irrespective of the danger to herself,

The local police know that the drug cartel has dispatched a killer to eliminate the witness so that their operation will not be endangered.
But the Bolton P. D. is not really up to the task of taking on a wily drug lord and his biker henchmen and the situation is looking grim.
Enter Jack Reacher.

Jack will spend the nexthours attempting to do what he does bestoutsmarting nasty villains while protecting helpless but civicminded librarians, This is a book that moves at a somewhat slower pace than many other Reacher novels, but there are some very interesting characters, some plot twists that you don't expect, and as always, it's fun to watch Reacher in action.
The action slowly builds to a great climax that will reward careful reading, Not sure how my review disappeared In this story Reacher uncovers a gang of methamphetamine dealers operating out of a mysterious abandoned U, S. military facility. The villain is called Plato who is trying to sell his business, This is one of Childs better stories with all the bad guys, Set in winter it feels cold reading it and the ending is spectacular if somewhat unbelievable and far fetched, Terrific. Love all the Reacher books, I have been a big Lee Child fan over the past few years, However in my opinion this was the slowest most painful reading experience i have had in a very long time, The Reacher character is becoming tired and book after book the author seems to be rewriting the back story so that once you have heard his history once you will see it in every book.
This is a plausible point, as not everyone will read all of the Jack Reacher books and they need to learn about the protagonist.

However inHours you are given a lengthy character back history half way through the book, which is a poor edit, as you really need this earlier in the book so you can invest emotion and sympathise with the main character.
It seems inserted as an afterthought, Also the book could have been cut by a third and not have detracted from the story at all, Seems Lee completed the book, thought it was too short and then during the editing phase bulked up the book by putting boring descriptions in which detract from what could have been a reasonable book.
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