All Entries Tagged With: "Lee Child"
Lee Child – The Affair
Lee Child’s The Affair is possibly his best Jack Reacher novel to date. In it, he chronicles the events leading up to his hero’s resignation from the Army in 1997. Written in the first person, through Reacher’s eyes we see a small town in the rural South, dominated by a military base and shocked by three gruesome murders, all involving beautiful young women. Appropriately titled, it is easily the sexiest novel of the series. Child also shares his feelings about the controversial casting of the first Jack Reacher film, which began principle photography in late September 2011.
The Affair
Lee Child – First Thrills
First Thrills is edited by Lee Child, he of Jack Reacher fame. Child’s idea is to expose upcoming writers by pairing them with such established stars as Jeffrey Deaver and John Lescroart. These short stories also give the veterans a chance to spread their wings and write outside of their standard characters. In our talk, Child expresses his love of writing and his concern that the thriller genre continue to develop new talent. He is truly a man who gives something back to the trade, thankful for the gifts it has bestowed upon him.
First Thrills
Lee Child – 61 Hours
Jack Reacher is one of the great continuing characters in the thriller genre. Novelist Lee Child has developed the perfect formula for his hero— harkenening back to Ulysses, where the protagonist travels widely and is confronted by new and challenging adversaries. This allows Child to set his action anywhere in the world, and take on issues with global implications or merely of local interest. 61 Hours, as the title implies, is a countdown to an event which culminates two and a half days of suspense in a small South Dakota town.
We should warn you that this book ends on an ambiguous note. Child breaks from his one book a year pattern here; his next Reacher book is due out this fall and will answer questions left hanging at the conclusion of this one. In someone else’s hands, you might feel that you’ve been manipulated into reading two books instead of one, but in this case, you won’t feel ill-used.
Our chat with Lee Child covers a wide range of subjects, including the plausibility of some of the actions of the bad guys. Unlike some authors, Child gives his villains believable motivation for their nefarious deeds, and he talks about how he goes about constructing a credible plot. An Englishman in New York, you’ll find Child a charming and fascinating listen.
61 Hours: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels) is available on Amazon.