Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3) in SSG: Spy/Spec-Ops Group

Jan 17, 2017 Mike (the Paladin) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: action, mystery, thriller

Okay, more like it. I have found myself running hot and cold in the Reacher series. There can be a huge eye roll factor in some of them...and there is a bit of that here. However...this one is very well constructed and the story pulled me in and wouldn't let go.

Okay a bit more detail (as I liked this one). So, what's the eye roll factor?

Well, let's look at an example. Reacher has been in Florida when he's drawn into the "mystery" (no spoilers, sorry). He's been making a living hand digging swimm ...more

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Mar 15, 2025 Mark rated it it was amazing

Shelves: history-us, history-world, investigative, police-pi-mystery, politics, historical-mystery

A reread, because I read a rumor, that the fourth season of the Amazon streaming series “Reacher,” will be based on “”Tripwire.”…On the beach and in the sun, this book is as good as it was when I read it years ago…The many scenes taking place in NYC’s Twin Trade Towers, was a constant reminder of the book’s age…I loved it again, as Reacher is drawn into a search for a Vietnam era MIA…Just great stuff, considering I also just finished an old John D. Macdonald Travis McGee, the original modern arc ...more

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Dec 05, 2021 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it really liked it

Shelves: part-of-a-series, 2021-action-adventure-aficionados-c, 2020-action-adventure-aficionados-c, thriller-suspense, tough-as-nails-heroes, 2020-dhasg-challenge, audiobook, audible-owned, excellent-narrators, favorite-characters

Gosh. I read this almost a year ago. I still remember some things very well. The villain is really, really horrible. He's a cruel person, but also a sociopath. I think the two things in life he really enjoys is making money and hurting people. Lee Child has a way of incorporating some very brutal people into his work. His work feels very noir to me.

The mystery is very good. Jack Reacher is very Jack Reacher. He's a down to business kind of hero who knows what he does well. He is a huge guy and m ...more

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