Past Tense

A Jack Reacher Novel
Lee Child

Reacher stops off at a small town that has some family history (his dad may have lived there as a child). It so happens that near this small town is an aspiring business where rich people are able to pay lots of money to bow-hunt other people. The hunted (of course) are unwilling. Reacher gets involved in a round about way, so that it almost seems like his involvement is ancillary to main story of him discovering his past. The hunted that he helps are just resilient enough to make you wonder if they needed Reacher at all. But he helps, none-the-less, setting everyone straight and reinforcing that while interested in history, he doesn't really care about or need it. On to the next small town...


2 stars (out of 4)