Make Me by Lee Child (Jack Reacher #20)

Make Me by Lee Child
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I discovered Lee Child and Jack Reacher in 1997. I looked forward to every new Reacher and for the first 5 or so, I kept wondering when readers would finally discover these books in a big way. I still kick myself that I didn't buy a first edition hardcover at the time.

So, roughly 20 years later how is Reacher doing? Better than ever. It is extremely hard to keep the quality of a series and a character going for 20 years. (see Cussler, Patterson, etc..) Child really knows how to keep it fresh. Make Me is no exception.

Widow's Rest is the name of the town that Reacher leaves the train for. Just because it sounds interesting. Why is it called that? Is there a story about it? A monument to some forgotten widow?
Reacher ends up finding out a lot more than he probably bargained for with a beautiful, ex-FBI agent turned PI and another missing PI. Couple this with the townsfolk who are very tight lipped and uncharacteristically so. Something deeper is going on her than a long forgotten widow.

Reacher is who every man wants to be. Strong, practically unbeatable in a fight and the ladies kind of like him. In Make Me, Reacher and PI Michelle Chang end up crossing the country, being chased and fighting back to discover the secret of this corn growing farm town. What they find is about as evil as it gets.

If you have read Child and Reacher, you know what to expect. If you have never read a Jack Reacher book, pick up Killing Floor and get comfortable, nobody writes like Child.

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