"Echo Burning" by Lee Child (Review)

                 Echo Burning Review

Basic Info: 

Echo Burning is the fifth novel in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 2001 by Putnam in America and Bantam in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia

Review: Excellent, intense thriller could have used a bit more action.

This is my third novel by acclaimed author Lee Child, and it's definitely satisfying. The pace is very fast and keeps up the tension. Reacher is picked up by a rich, young woman who's husband is in jail, and when he comes out, she's afraid that he'll kill her, so she wants Reacher to finish him off. Reacher, not being a cold-blooded killer for hire, declines politely, but agrees to go to her ranch with her and act as a sort of temporary guard.

Although Echo Burning could have used a little more action, and the character of the woman lawyer was just annoying and unnecessary in my opinion, this novel was still very satisfying, and it was cool to watch Reacher riding a horse for the first time, and interact with a kid for the first time, and so on. So yes, 8/10 or in the case of Goodreads, 4/5.