The Visitor: (Jack Reacher 4)

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And Child saves the conclusion from being a mere justice-is-served wrap-up with a few nice little last twists and tweaks, the FBI wanting to frame the resolution to their satisfaction but Reacher having a few nice aces up his sleeve. He gets an FBI minder, the attractive Lisa Harper -- over six feet tall, twenty-nine (but looking sixteen ...).

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Reacher and Special Agent Lamarr, the lead profiler on the team, drive from New York to the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, whilst discussing information on the case. Lamarr's stepsister, it so happens, is a woman with the same particulars as the three already killed. Lamarr also reveals the killer's M.O., which is killing the victims in an unknown way, with no bruises or injuries, leaving them naked in their bathtub, filled with army-issue camouflage paint. Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle. It's fairly silly and unrealistic -- and seems way too elaborate -- but the strangeness of the crimes is intriguing enough. The killer leaves no traces behind, and the killings themselves are bizarrely staged, without any signs of the victims struggling. Mostly, Reacher is -- as usual -- on the move, caught up in a case that fits and can satisfy his restless naturel (not that he is thrilled by what he gets roped into -- or rather, how he gets roped into it. ).The dialogue-heavy novel is a bit basic in parts, and the crimes at its heart too silly, but Child has this plotted out well and sustains suspense throughout, with the final twists, once the perpetrator has been put out of action, particularly satisfying. What he did to Petrosian's goons isn't the reason they were tailing him, but it does give them some leverage over him, and they use that, for all it's worth (which turns out to be quite a lot). As to Reacher's experiments in domesticity -- of which there was practically nothing to see in the novel -- , it's pretty clear where that is headed too, with Reacher having reached a decision regarding the house, and with Jodie making partner at her law firm by the end of the novel .....

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Famously unencumbered by possessions and nearly always on the move, Running Blind opens with Reacher not only owning a house but also with a serious girlfriend. There are more such brief glimpses of the killer at work throughout the novel, and from the first it's clear that we are dealing with someone who is, in many ways, like Reacher: thinking things through and planning ahead very carefully and thoroughly, well-trained, and intelligent; like Reacher, they know: "knowledge is power. The more knowledge, the more power".

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After this brief glimpse into the killer's mind, the scene then shifts to Reacher, dining by himself in a Manhattan restaurant he's taken to. The murders being investigated -- soon enough there's a third woman dead, killed in exactly the same way -- are certainly baffling.

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There's a serial killer on the loose, and it looks like the killer is targeting female sexual harassment complainants who subsequently quit the military. And, while he still owns the house and is with Jodie (more or less ...), at the end of the book, neither figures too prominently in the story. He takes matters into his own big hands and teaches the goons a lesson, sending them away with a message for their boss, a man named Petrosian. The reason for the story having two different titles is due to how The Visitor—Child's original title and ultimately the UK title of the story—was seen by Putnam as sounding too much like a science-fiction novel. [4] Reception [ edit ] The Visitor was released in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2000, [3] and the American publication followed on 13 July of the same year. [1]If not completely obvious, most readers will probably have suspected who the killer is, but Child takes his time in fully revealing how the crimes are committed.

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There is some clumsiness and silliness here, but Running Blind is a very good lightweight thriller, an easily enjoyable read. The Visitor was nominated for the 2001 Barry Award for "Best Hardcover Novel", but ultimately fell short to Deep South by Nevada Barr. [6] Awards and nominations [ edit ]

Reacher doesn't take to Lamarr at all, and is relatively hostile to the whole investigation -- not least because Army and FBI generally don't get along. Reacher and Harper drive and fly around a lot -- Running Blind is a typical Reacher-novel in that there is a ridiculous amount of travel involved -- which also gives Reacher time to mull over what he wants out of life -- or rather how he wants to lead it. Col. LaSalle Kruger (mention) - Commanding Officer, Supply Battalion, former Special Forces and wounded in Desert Storm. Sgt. Amy Callan and Lt. Caroline Cook are both high-flying, career army women, both victims of sexual harassment by their superiors, both forced to resign. And now they’re both dead. The murder investigators are sure Reacher has the answers to their question: how did these women die? And why? The novel begins with a short scene printed in italics which, as readers can guess, puts us in the mind of a murderer -- the perpetrator of the crimes whom Reacher will be called on to hunt down.