61 Hours - Lee Child

We discussed this on 9th December at The King William, Benenden. This was our Christmas meal but we had to take our own crackers as we did not want to set Christmas menu. Food was good but again the service poor.

Pippa's book. The boys will enjoy this one too. It is set in very heavy snow which was great to read as we were too engulfed in snow at the time. Good choice for the weather.



Amazon.co.uk Review
There was some excitement recently at the offices of Transworld, publisher of the British thriller writer Lee Child, who has so successful conquered America with his Jack Reacher adventures. Child usually produces only one novel featuring his tough ex-army action hero each year, but the latest book, 61 Hours, will be followed up with a speedily issued second new Reacher-related novel this autumn. 61 Hours -- admirers will, of course, have to have both. Sales of such Child novels as Gone Tomorrow have exceed 74,000 copies – and he continues his upwards ascent, singularly unimpeded. But the new book has Jack Reacher in the most extreme danger of his career.
South Dakota is shivering under an icy winter, and the roads are particularly treacherous. As a snow storm gathers force, the tyres of a bus skid and there is a crash, stranding the bus and its passengers. And if you think that this atmospheric set-up sounds like the perfect introduction to a Jack Reacher novel, how right you are: Lee Child's granite-tough hero has hitched a ride in the back of the bus, and finds himself (like the other passengers -- a particularly ill assorted group) facing the problems of surviving in sub-arctic weather. Needless to say, Jack is able to draw on more resources in such a situation than many of his fellow passengers. Some 20 miles away from the crash is a small town, where a key witness is being guarded against sinister individuals bent on murder. And another elements in this combustible mix includes an omniscient figure who is to have a crucial role in the dramatic events that follow -- even though this figure is many miles from the frigid landscape that Jack Reacher is marooned in.

All of this is typically suspenseful fare (in fact, the real surprise would be if it weren’t -- Child is one of the most reliable writers on the face of the planet). And there’s an ending quite unlike any other Jack Reacher novel you have read. Lee Child aficionados need not hesitate. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Book Description
The heartstopping new thriller starring today's most admired action hero, the gallant and enigmatic loner Jack Reacher, by No.1 bestselling author Lee Child.
Product Description
GET READY FOR THE MOST EXCITING COUNT-DOWN OF YOUR LIFE


HOUR SIXTY-ONE

Icy winter in South Dakota. A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm. On the back seat: Jack Reacher, hitching a ride to nowhere. A life without baggage has many advantages. And disadvantages too, like facing the arctic cold without a coat.

HOUR THIRTY-ONE

A small town is threatened by sinister forces. One brave woman is standing up for justice.If she’s going to live to testify, she’ll need help from a man like Reacher.Because there’s a killercoming for her.

HOUR ZERO

Has Reacher finally met his match? He doesn't want to put the world to rights. He just doesn’t like people who put it to wrongs.

From the Back Cover
GET READY FOR THE MOST EXCITING COUNTDOWN OF YOUR LIFE


HOUR SIXTY-ONE

Icy winter in South Dakota.

A bus skids and crashes in a gathering storm. On the back seat: Jack Reacher, hitching a ride to nowhere.

HOUR THIRTY-ONE

One brave woman is standing up for justice.

If she’s going to live to testify, she’ll need help from a man like Reacher. Because there’s a killer coming for her.

HOUR ZERO

Has Reacher finally met his match?

He doesn't want to put the world to rights. He just doesn’t like people who put it to wrongs.


About the Author
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. His novels consistently achieve the number one slot in hardback and paperback on bestsellers lists on both sides of the Atlantic, and are translated into over forty languages. His debut novel, Killing Floor, was written after he was made redundant from his television job in Manchester, and introduced his much-admired maverick hero, the former military cop Jack Reacher. Born in Coventry, he now lives in America.