Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, No. 5)

Loner Jack Reacher gets a lift from seductive Carmen Greer, but it comes with a few hitches: a dangerous husband, a small town with secrets, and a plan. Now Reacher's part of it, and before the sun sets, the ride could cost Jack and Carmen their lives.

Jack Reacher is Spenser before Robert Parker domesticated his Boston PI--in fact, Reacher's even tougher than Hawk. He can inhale and exhale a few times and pump up his muscles so they make a bad character think twice about tangling with him. And he's spent enough time on the right side of the law to know how to operate in the gray zone if that's what it takes to save the fair maiden, punish the bad guys, and right any other wrongs he happens to encounter in the course of his wanderings. Echo Burning is vintage Lee Child, a smartly paced, intricately plotted, and masterfully characterized thriller starring Reacher, the ex-military cop who's so concerned about commitment to anything--a woman, possessions, a permanent address--that he only owns the clothes on his back. But he's the kind of justice-seeking guy you'd want on your side, especially if you were an abused wife trapped in a marriage you can't get out of until, and unless, somebody bumps off your old man.
Reacher's sympathetic, but he's not crazy. Nonetheless, he allows himself to be drawn into beautiful Carmen Greer's orbit, which ought to teach a guy not to hitchhike. Agreeing to protect her from the husband who's about to be released from jail and, according to Carmen, who's about to pay her back for tipping off the authorities to the tax fraud that landed him in prison, Reacher moves into the bunkhouse of the Echo, Texas, ranch that's owned by the bigoted, bitter, but powerful Greer family, which despises Carmen because she's Mexican and tolerates her only because she's Sloop Greer's wife and the mother of his child. The expected bloodshed ensues, but it's Sloop, not Carmen, who ends up with a bullet in his head. Reacher's convinced that Carmen acted in self-defense, even after other evidence comes to light that suggests there's more--and less--to her unhappy tale than even her own lawyer believes. This is the best Jack Reacher yet, smart, stylish, and convincing. If it's your first encounter with Child's work, be sure to check out his backlist--Running Blind, Tripwire, etc. --Jane Adams

Loner Jack Reacher gets a lift from seductive Carmen Greer, but it comes with a few hitches: a dangerous husband, a small town with secrets, and a plan. Now Reacher's part of it, and before the sun sets, the ride could cost Jack and Carmen their lives.

When I was at age 10, I had to wear glasses, but of course I didn't do it. Now I pay for really I mean REALLY baaaad sight. Sometimes my eyes hurts so much that I want to scratch them out... When oculist asked, why I want contact lenses, I told to her because I don't like framed world. I think in my life I have worn glasses only two years from all 10.... When I was 17 and 18. Since I'm 14 I have contact lenses and you know, world is much more beautiful, I can see everything if only my sight wouldn't go bad again. Ahh, oh well I know I gonna be blind some day, buuuuuuuut... That's life. Also- not only I hate to see framed world, I hate to live in some laws, I love freedom, any kind. Since I'm kid my dream has been to live on desert island. Now I am on island, but this is only the begging, you will see, I gonna wet-nurse my grandchildrens on the desert island in the Pacific ocean. And I won't do any 365. P.s. I think I will replace this one with better version, now Im just adding in, cos it's time to. After lectures, I went to get large Falafel. Food, finally! And sat in the quiet place next to the river. Sun was burning me, I was enjoying my falafel, time, sun, wind and everything was just so right. But then I was "Ahh, oh well, have to go home and take some 365, ehh"

i have what i think is a perfect tan. i roasted all over like a marshmallow you've been really patient with and i didn't get burnt at all. high fives to the world. today i went to coal harbour eye centre for a consultation eye exam to see if i'm eligible for laser eye surgery... and guess what... I AM. PRK with tissue sparing, and $2649, but I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE OMG I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED. august 11th is my last day wearing contact lenses ever in my life, so i'm going to wear them every day til then so i can use up the 3 pairs i have left. haha. WOO anyway then i spent all day doing laundry and cleaning and it was way hot and it kinda sucked. then kaylie came home and i made her leave the house with me. we only have one set of keys, barfleton. we worked on a super secret project together.

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