Lee Child, Tripwire review

I have just finished reading Lee Child's third novel, that follows on the Jack Reacher series; Tripwire.

This novel was published in 1999, and although Jim Grant (better know for his pen name Lee Child) was born and bred in England, he has created Jack Reacher who is a former American military policeman. He then goes into great depth about the adventures Reacher takes in America, and it is very rare for there to be  a dull moment in his life.

There is usually always an attractive woman that catches Reachers eye during his travels, and in this novel the woman is no stranger to him. The last time he saw this girl she was 15 and Reacher was 24, It has then been 15 years since they last seen one another and they have a great bond.

With child's novels I always find myself learning new facts and copious amounts of information about types of guns and army equipment that I would have never known before, and I always love learning something new. 

I do not want to give anything away from this novel but there is a brilliant and unforeseen twist that take place at the end of the book, and I read the last three chapters so fast I was that engrossed and completely shocked. I like to guess my way through books but I was out by a long shot.

Jack Reacher does not fail to impress and charm as he does everything in his power to make everything right. There is only one criticism I have for Jack Reacher, and that is Tom Cruise playing his character. There is a CV at the start of every Reacher novel and I'm afraid Cruise just does not fit the criteria. When I read Reacher I most certainly do not visualise Cruise, I would say more a Clive Owen? Or Gerald Butler? 

The third novel left me with plenty of questions and is certainly making me want to pick up the forth book straight away.