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Tripwire (Jack Reacher, Bk 3)
Author: Lee Child

Book Information
Publisher: Jove Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780515128635 - ISBN-10: 0515128635
Publication Date: 6/2000
Pages: 417


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD (Abridged), Audio CD, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)

Book Description:
Digging a swimming pool by hand in Key West, former military policeman Jack Reacher is not pleased when Costello, a private detective, comes nosing around asking questions about him. Determined to keep out of trouble, Reacher conceals his identity. But when he finds Costello dead with his fingertips sliced off, he realizes it is time to move on - and move on fast. Yet two questions worry him: who was Costello's employer, the mysterious Mrs Jacobs? And why is she determined to find Reacher? Moreover, who is Hook Hobie, the vicious and amoral manipulator in a Wall Street office who preys on other people's assets? As Reacher follows the trail, it becomes clear that the stakes are high: the livelihood of a whole community; the fate of the soldiers missing in action in Vietnam; and, not least, the reappearance of a woman from Reacher's own troubled past with a key to his destiny.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Marie N. (pottergal) wrote on 7/28/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Jack Reacher - how to describe him? You want him as your protector, your brother, your lover. And yet there is that place where he is almost too scary to have around while you are sleeping. The character grows in this book and we find out more about his Army family than we have before.
Could not put it down!

Donna C. (g-ma) wrote on 8/13/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Jack Reacher never disappoints me with all the military secrets he gets caught up in and the is no exception. A former military friend dies and leaves him in the middle of the mystery he was trying to solve along with the daughter he has known nearly all his life and realizes he loves her.

Sharon D. wrote on 11/8/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Thriller that deals with Vietnam issues. Great book. Nice twist at the end.

Steven K. (sjk54) wrote on 8/18/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Engrossing premise established in a two page prologue. Starts strong, ends strong, with some gaps in the middle.

3 stars out of 5

Margaret S. (Formor) wrote on 4/14/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

If you like mystery, murder, gross violence, sprinkled with a bit of romance then you will love this book. The drifter Jack Reacher gets into the middle of this army related crime. I think this is one of the best books I have read in a long time.

Kathy D. wrote on 3/26/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is in Key West enjoying his self. A stranger shows up asking lots of guestion--too many. Hours later, the man is dead. Good book.


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Sharon E. (darby1044) wrote on 10/30/2009...


Another great thriller by Lee Child. He always seems to come up with new ideas to keep me up all night reading.

Lucille P. (Lucille45) - NY wrote on 7/27/2009...


I've just started this series and am really enjoying the books. So far, this was my favorite even though I figured out the plot twist fairly early in the book. A little less technically oriented than the two previous books. You get to see the more "human side" of Reacher and learn more about his history, but would recommend all three.

Marilyn B. wrote on 7/21/2009...


Lee Child's books are comparable to Ludlum's

Carla L. wrote on 7/18/2009...


Another great Reacher read!

Carolyn E Gino (flowergirl4) - Clovis, CA wrote on 5/26/2009...


Lee Child has the ability to describe a scene and it's characters so completely, you feel like you are in the scene! This Jack Reacher book hit new heights! A P.I. comes looking for someone named Jack Reacher in the Florida Keys. When Reacher denies knowing who that is, the P.I. goes away, but is found dead the next day. Who is looking for him? Why are they looking for him? He leads an invisible life. He never uses his real name, has no credit cards, driver's license, nothing. He decides to find out why a man was killed in a search for him. It takes Jack to NY and a meeting with a person from his past. All of a sudden assassins are everywhere! Someone wants them dead. It's related to a 30-yr old secret...the financial collapse of a corporation...an MIA from the Vietnam War...honoring a man who was like a father to Reacher...and a twisted, sadistic killer who will not be stopped! This book is so tense, so consuming, so real! It's a must read!

Jean L. (MeanJean) wrote on 4/10/2009...


Number 3 in the Jack Reacher series, I believe this is the best yet. It is full of suspense which keeps the pages turning.
Reacher uses his experience as a former military police investigator and we learn a bit more about his past.

Ronald M. (Fasturtle) wrote on 1/11/2009...


A very good exciting book.

Paul S. wrote on 4/21/2007...


I've read 5 of the Jack Reacher books so far, and this is my favorite. It has a really great villain and I had no idea about the final plot twist.

Audrey U. (Aud) wrote on 4/2/2007...


Another great "Reacher" novel.

Debbie B. (debs) wrote on 4/1/2007...


Lee Child has done it again. Tripwire is a book I could not put down.


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