Walk the Wire
Walk the Wire – David Baldacci
There’s a fun touch, right at the very beginning, before the main characters show up, just a little, probably nobody notices, but the hunter and prey, the strong man? Not always so strong. “Loses his lunch.” Just a wonderfully evocative opening. I picked this book up close on the heels of staying up late to finish reading another book.
I don’t recall which one, but one of the (Lee Child) Jack Reacher novels was set in a similar, North Dakota posting. Think it was similar in description, at the outset. While I have the books on the shelf, I can’t be bothered to try and figure out which one it was. But if the Arctic Circle is merely 50 miles north of the Canadian border then, well, why?
“It’s the wild, wild west.” Along with Minnesota, probably added to the list, now North Dakota as a place I might not want to visit again. High body count, in the novel, you know.
Does a good author leave obvious clues out in the open?
Some of it, updated variations on old, familiar themes. Some of it? Yeah, North Dakota got a less inviting.
Sentimental flourish at the end, and proof the author has a soft spot in his heart. Otherwise, an excellent addition to the Memory Man collection.
Walk The Wire
Walk the Wire
Think there are more, but I couldn’t pull them all together. Apparently, I’ve read a lot of this author.
Walk the Wire
Walk the Wire – David Baldacci
Walk the Wire (Memory Man Book 6)
