“A Wanted Man” is Lee Child’s 17th Jack Reacher novel and the last to be published before Jack Reacher is released in theaters, with Tom Cruise as the lead. Perhaps in sly response to a movie that will feature a lot of action, Mr. Child begins “A Wanted Man” by confining Reacher to very tight quarters. The first 100 pages are about a car trip. The car contains two men and a woman, and Reacher knows nothing about them. Being Reacher, he will spend those first pages taking in every detail, observing every move, trying to figure out as much as he can.
On the road Reacher gradually figures out that the men, Alan King and Don McQueen, are kidnappers. Their hostage is Karen Delfuenso, a terrified waitress whose car they have hijacked. Reacher arranges
On the road Reacher gradually figures out that the men, Alan King and Don McQueen, are kidnappers. Their hostage is Karen Delfuenso, a terrified waitress whose car they have hijacked. Reacher arranges