Make Me - Lee Child

A Jack Reacher NovelWhy is this town called Mothers Rest? Thats all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. Its a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and sullen and watchful people, and a worried woman named Michelle Chang, who mistakes him for someone else: her missing partner in a private investigation she thinks must have started small and then turned lethal. Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, and theres something about Chang . . . so he teams up with her and starts to ask around. He thinks: How bad can this thing be? But before long hes plunged into a desperate race through LA, Chicago, Phoenix, and San Francisco, and through the hidden parts of the internet, up against thugs and assassins every step of the wayright back to where he started, in Mothers Rest, where he must confront the worst nightmare he could imagine. Walking away would have been easier. But as always, Reachers rule is: If you want me to stop, youre going to have to make me.

Published: 2015-09-08 (Bantam Press)

ISBN: 9780593073896

Language: English

Format: Paperback, 432 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Fiction Thriller Mystery Crime

Reviews

Zoe rated it

Holy crap. I am running away with Jack Reacher. I don't care if I never get to wash my clothes or eat regular meals.

Norean rated it

In my opinion Lee Child's Jack Reacher books are hit or miss. This, the 20th book in the series, is a home run. Reacher is usually found hitchhiking or riding a bus. This time he is taking the train. Destination? A small town called Mother's Rest. "No particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there". Reacher is a curious man and all he wants to know is Why is this town called Mothers Rest? He figures maybe there is a museum or a tombstone or someone in town can explain. But Mother's Rest is not your typical small town. Definitely not a friendly little town. Mayberry it's not. More like something out of Alfred Hitchcock or The Twilight Zone. A small railroad stop in the middle of thousands of acres of wheat fields.When Reacher first got off the train a woman, Michelle Chang, had stepped out of the shadows having mistaken him for someone else. Chang is a private investigator who was supposed to meet another investigator from her office but he is missing. There is something about Chang and Reacher has no place in particular to go and all the time in the world so he teams up with her. At first it is just to find out what happened to her partner, Keever. The investigation takes them from Chicago to Los Angeles to Phoenix and San Francisco. Like an onion they slowly peel away the layers and secrets. But in the very end when they have peeled away the final layer the secret of Mother's Rest is truly horrific. You can't judge a town by it's name.

Baldwin rated it

Yes! Now this is a Jack Reacher book. Everything the last book wasn't. It starts with Reacher getting off a train in the small town of Mother's Rest. He's curious about the name and thinks he might spend a day or so there, checking out any local museum, getting the story from the locals, etc. But this simple decision has him stepping into one of the darkest mysteries in this entire series, one that doesn't become entirely clear until 30 or so pages from the end. The book is filled with the minutiae of tracking down some very bad people from only the tiniest of known facts. Some might think it farfetched that Reacher would become involved with something this complex and complicated on such a bare minimum of interest, but this is classic Reacher and the book is a strong one. You might need to steel yourself for those closing chapters, but this is a Reacher to remember and one of the strongest recent books in this series.