by Lee Child
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Jack Reacher.
The ultimate loner.
An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he’s moved from place to place…without family…without possessions…without commitments.
And without fear. Which is good, because trouble—big, violent, complicated trouble—finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once…not ever.
But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business.
Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it…justice.
Amazon.com Review
Jack Reacher, the taciturn ex-MP whose adventures in Lee Child's six previous solidly plotted, expertly paced thrillers have won a devoted fan base, returns in this explosive tale of an undercover operation set up by the FBI to rescue an agent investigating Zachary Beck, a reclusive tycoon believed to be a kingpin in the drug trade. The novel begins with a bang as Reacher rescues Beck's son from a staged kidnapping in order to get close to his father--and trace the connection between Beck and Quinn, a former army intelligence officer who tried to sell blueprints of a secret weapon to Iraq but was murdered before he could pull it off. Or so Reacher thinks, until he spots Quinn in the crowd at a concert in Boston. As usual, Child ratchets up the tension and keeps the reader in suspense until the last page, although his enigmatic hero hardly ever seems to break a sweat. In the tough guy tradition, Reacher and his creator are overdue for a breakout, and this muscular, well-written mystery might be the one. --Jane Adams
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent....Almost, 2008-09-29
I am not a big fan of Lee Child books yet, this is my third Reacher novel that I have read and the only one that I liked. The book had me hooked from the first chapter, I really like the way Jack Reacher tells the story himself. The only flaws in the book for me were the way Mr. Child can take a scene and drag it on for an insane amount of time(ie: Jack Reacher in the ocean) and the ending of the book I thought was anti-clamatic all of the hype about the "Persuader" was for not. I will however look foward to reading another Reacher novel.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Too much of Reacher the cold stone killer, 2008-09-21
I have enjoyed several in the series, but in a couple of the books, this one and Killing Floor, Reacher is too much of a conscience free killer for my tastes. Shoot 'em when they're not looking, dispose of the body, and move on to the next guy. Hey, they had it coming. In the better ones in the series a bit more of Reacher's human side is developed, and the bad guys fall when they are gunning for Reacher or his friends. A bit more heroic that way.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 'R' is for Reacher, Righteous, Readable, and (a little) Ridiculous, 2008-09-13
'Persuader' is the seventh novel in the Jack Reacher series and it is standard fare - for good or ill, it's about as good as this series gets. `R' stands for Reacher and Righteous and readable and a bit ridiculous. An NYT reviewer has compared him to Don Quixote, quite a stretcher, but one that makes the point about Reacher's noble motivations. Reacher's standard traits are on display: remarkable physical stamina, unbending will power, and a willingness to sacrifice himself rather than do evil (a term which he defines for himself). Reacher is still the wise-cracking loner with both a deep capacity for violence and remarkable killing skills. And once again the entire story is utterly implausible.
In this installment, Reacher is recruited by a DEA unit and the ex-military cop is off and running on the trail of the bad guys again. In fact, it turns out he's gunning for his own personal main bad guy and let's just say nobody holds a grudge like Jack Reacher. The book is at its best when Child keeps the action rolling while mixing in a parallel story from ten years in Jack's past that explains just why he hates this guy so much.
The Reacher books are certainly readable, but don't stop and think too much or the wild implausibility that keeps popping up will drive you to distraction. Good examples of both the readability and the implausibility occur right off the bat: a wild shoot-out turns out to be both more and less than it seemed and leads to Reacher quickly earning a place of great trust in the heart of a criminal enterprise. Huh? A guy with world-class killing skills just happens to pop up at just the right time and place to save your kid from kidnapping on a school day afternoon. Gee, would a criminal chieftain find that suspicious? Heck no, you give him a job in your security detail!
If you like the often-violent action and can suspend disbelief, then the Reacher books are a fun read. I have read three of them and while I enjoyed them, there are just too many other better mass market books out there with plenty of action and better stories. Try Dennis Lehane's Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels) or George Pelecanos's Right as Rain (Derek Strange/Terry Quinn) or Harlan Coben's Gone for Good.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Reacher as a prolific killer, 2008-09-07
PersuaderTalk about timing. The first Lee Child book I read was the Enemy which left me with such a strong positive impression that I decided to read all of Lee Child (Jack Reacher's) books.
Then the second book I read was Persuader. I was a bit disappointed. The story plot is a little bit artificial, like playing roulette and winning 20 times in a row. Also Reacher becomes a killer - in contrast to the Enemy where he hardly killed one person. Here he kills so many people, some enemies some not so dangerous, that I lost count, and he does so without a second thought. As if he had lost his conscience. Maybe not to lose all his humanity he endangers himself in an attempt to save one character's life.
Still is a great book and it won't stop me from reading the next Lee Childs novel. I've already started Bad Luck and Trouble.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Stretches patience to the limit, 2008-09-06
As much as I love Jack Reacher, Lee Child does him a disservice in Persuader. Child's ability to set up obstacles for Reacher is creative, but he is over his head when it comes to sustaining the thrill. No matter how compelling a scene, Child is uncanny in the way he can stretch it past a logical end, leaving the reader unsatisfied and, in some cases, bored. Had I not felt committed at page 409, I would have thrown the book across the room in frustration. While reading Persuader, I wondered who had the toughest time finishing this story - Jack Reacher or me.
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