Week 3 - Annotated Book

Child, Lee. A Wanted Man: A Reacher Novel. New York: Delacorte, 2012. Print.

Summary:

Reacher is in Nebraska unsuccessfully trying to hitch a ride with a broken nose until two men and a woman pick him up.  They are on the way to Chicago.  Reacher is going to Virginia.  He can easily pick up a bus in Chicago.  Along the way, they let him, the hitchhiker, drive.  They pass two roadblocks.  When the two men fall asleep the woman communicates with Reacher that she is kidnapped. But as the story unfolds the kidnap is only one small part of a larger story of murder and criminal conspiracy. The FBI and its counter terrorism unit, the CIA, and the State Department become involved.  Reacher becomes a wanted man and finds a way to execute justice.

Genre: Suspense

The suspense genre maintains a clear distinction between the good people and the bad people.  Lives are at stake in the conflict between good and bad.  Suspense appeals to those who like a novel that is character or plot-driven; has an intensifying story line; and violence or threat of violence.

Appeals: Plot-driven; fast paced or intensifying; suspenseful and violence.

If you like A Wanted Man you will like:

Abbott, Jeff. Adrenaline. New York: Grand Central, 2011. Print.

Atkins, Ace. The Lost Ones. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012. Print.

Connelly, Michael. The Black Echo. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike, 2001. Print.

Hunter, Stephen. The Third Bullet: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. Print.

Siegel, Sheldon. The Terrorist next Door: A David Gold Mystery. Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen, 2013. Print.