Overall this was a good thriller with plenty of action and an interesting character. Sure, he was a massive guy, with long black hair and hands like a “human gorilla”, something Blade insisted on a little too much (I got the point early on) and everybody was afraid of him except the people who gave him a ride.Īlso, I got a chuckle out of seeing that he named one of the characters Ann Gables. At times it felt like Cameron was a little too fixated on things – like how many minutes and even seconds it took him to do certain things, how he could tell the time without looking at a watch, and how he was always keeping his calm and never got beaten up by anybody. Detail is one thing this book abounds in. The writing is straightforward, and at times becomes technical, with a lot of information about guns that I wasn’t particularly interested in but other readers who know a lot more on the subject will probably appreciate. In fact, this is the appeal of this story, the ability to surprise. One in a jail cell involving a rope was my favorite because I did not see how he could get out of it which obviously he had to otherwise the book would just end with the main character dead. Cameron decides to help and in the process he survives some pretty impressive life threatening situations. The only problem is, nobody seems to remember her and someone in the town wants the husband gone or dead. Just like his father, he walks and occasionally hitchhikes until he reaches a small town where a man is desperately looking for his missing wife. He, like an obedient son, does as he is told, leaving behind the town he grew up in, on a quest to find his father. His mother, a small town sheriff, dies when Cameron is eighteen, leaving clear instructions as to what path her son must follow. I’m not sure I would have liked to read about a known character from another author’s point of view.Ĭameron Reacher is Jack Reacher’s son. Still the idea behind the story, this Wild West cowboy of modern days traveling all over America solving cases appealed to me, and that is why when author Scott Blade emailed me and asked if I would like to read his novel I was curious enough to say yes.įirst of all, I must say I was relieved to see the story is about Jack Reacher’s son and not about Reacher himself. It was a fun book to read, despite a few issues I had with the main character. 'Nothing to Lose' by Lee Child was one of the first books I reviewed on my blog back in 2011.

The county sheriff is a former US Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. However, Jack Widow at the time of publication of this book would be only 18 years old. The clear narrative here is that Jack Widow is somehow the son of Jack Reacher and the beautiful Sheriff, who made love to the vibrations of the train roaring near the hotel every midnight in The Affair in 1997. This is also a clear attempt to piggyback on the success of Lee Child's Jack Reacher Padding out the length with verbiage is a well-worn author's trick. The main problem is the excessive detail, minute descriptions of everything, including clothes, people, places and even dishes and silverware.

Some action sequences are adequate, and the plot is passable. All-in-all, this is a very uneven first book.

Reacher first book