Tripwire (Jack Reacher 3)

In this truly brutal, early book about itinerant ex-MP Jack Reacher (JR)) first published in 1999, the Twin Towers may play a bigger, more atmospheric role than in any other piece of creative writing; hosting 130.000 workers, its sounds and smells provide a powerful backdrop to what follows. Because on the 88th floor of its South Tower, Victor ‘Hook’ Hobie, an evil money man with a blotted-out past, is the financier of last resort for heirs of struggling family businesses, desperate to bridge a brief cash shortage at extortionate rates. Not so with Chester Stone IV, whose firm stuck to making 8-mm cameras when video and other technologies made his company obsolete. Hobie is intent on taking over the firm within six weeks…
Meanwhile, JR digs up 4 tons of dirt and stones a day in the Florida Keys, creating swimming pools and works evenings as a bouncer. His work has made him top fit, 113 kg of pure muscle, when he becomes aware of being wanted, first by a NY-private eye, then by a duo of NY-gangsters in expensive suits. He denies being JR on both occasions. When he finds the private eye dead, face ruined, finger prints cut off, he flies, a bit guilt-ridden, to NY for some private investigations.
This thriller is about two lines of inquiry with a tight deadline in the here and now, but starting 30 years apart. Induction and deduction, old contacts in the armed forces (JR was made redundant only 2 years earlier), help him think and crash through walls of silence.
This was only the third of a series of (now) 17 thrillers featuring JR as an itinerant, walk-about former MP major. And one of the best in a great series. The bad news is that the hero of a Hollywood movie about Reacher’s exploits, will be Tom Cruise… Terrible choice. His size (160+ cm) would disqualify him from being an MP for starters. Let alone stepping into JR’s large shoes.

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spannend actie-boek met goed verhaal

Ik ben zeer tevreden over dit artikel. Wat ik vooral goed vind: Goede kwaliteit, Voordelige koop, Verslavend verhaal

Pluspunt van dit artikel: voordelige koop

Een heerlijk spannend boek, kon het bijna niet wegleggen.

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De pluspunten van dit boek vind ik: spannend
Maar wat ik jammer vind: voorspelbaar plot

Tijdens het lezen van de boeken van Lee Child kom je slaap tekort, dus opgepast!
Geldt dus ook voor deze, even erin komen door de Engelse taal, maar je legt hem niet meer weg!

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Ik ben zeer tevreden over dit boek. Wat ik vooral goed vind: Spannend, Fantasierijk

Als je fan bent van Lee Child is dit gewoon weer een prima vervolg van de reacher serie. Heerlijk snel en vlot geschreven en moeilijk weg te leggen.