Die Trying by Lee Child

I've reviewed one of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books before; I think it was Echo Burning. Everything I said about that one is true of this one. Die Trying is actually the second book in the series. I think if you came to it as the first or second Reacher book you ever read, you'd think it was a terrific example of the genre, and question very little. It took me a while to get into it (because I was questioning things), but the last half is wall-to-wall action and suspense. Jack Reacher is one part McGyver, one part Parker, one part Bob Lee Swagger, and one part Conan the Barbarian. It is a terrific example of the genre, it just incorporates all the weaknesses of the genre. ****