THE AFFAIR: LEE CHILD

A typical Jack Reacher, though it goes back to 1997, and we learn why he ends up leaving the Army as a MP. It's set in Carter Crossing, MS, just out side an army base.  Three murders of females sends Reacher there to sort things out, especially to make sure it's not an army matter.  He ends up working with the local sheriff, one beautiful dame,  Elizabeth Devereaux, who also happens to have been a Marine.  Together, the two of them, in between the best sex of their lives, unravel the mystery, which involves a Senator, Chair of the  Armed Forces Committee, and his son, who happens to be a Captain on the base.  Reacher is caught between his code of conduct, following orders, and his sense of justice, as the military tries its best to cover up the sordid details.  Reacher arrives with a toothbrush, as usual, leaves without it this time. We get the feel for what it's like to live outside an Army base in a town which depends on the soldiers for their lively hood.  The town itself is a mixture of poor blacks, red necks, and the whites who own the businesses, mostly bars, a few diners, and that's it.  An easy read, typical Reacher, a bit more far fetched than usual, especially his destruction of SIX red necks at once, who happen to harass him.  As we all know, this is a big mistake.