Play Book Tag discussion

When a postal carrier in a rundown West Virginia coal town tries to deliver a package and stumbles onto a bloody crime scene, he panics and calls the local police. The victims are an officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency, the officer's wife, and their two children. The murders seem out of place in the small town so they call the Army who send in John Puller Jr., an investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Command. Puller is assigned to the case and told that there's heavy interest "at the top." Puller is a decorated combat soldier who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. His father was a legendary commanding officer and his brother is a convicted traitor serving time at Leavenworth. This combination makes him quite a loner. We follow Puller to West Virginia, where the local authorities are supervising the murder investigation under the leadership of Samantha Cole. Sam Cole knows she can't carry out this investigation alone, so she and Puller cooperate with each other to find out who is behind the murders despite attempts on their lives.

This novel has lots of twists and turns, and even though I found many of the secondary characters to be underwritten, it didn't stop me from quickly turning the pages of this highly addictive story. There is an obvious similarity to Jack Reacher including their height and love of coffee. You can argue with which one is the more complex character but I think for me....there's room for both Reacher and Puller.