Who would be your Reacher?

They just have to be kidding don't they? Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, it makes me want to scream. Now if you're asking who is Jack Reacher you are obviously not a Lee Child fan. I am, so is OH, and we have read everyone of his Reacher novels that have been published in paperback. And, on a recent family break in Florence I discovered that my brother is also a Reacher fan and he had just introduced our nephew to Lee Child and Reacher.

I've just finished Worth Dying For ..... here's the blurb on the back cover There's deadly trouble in the wilds of Nebraska. ... and Reacher walks right into it. He falls foul of the Duncans, a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it's the unsolved case of a missing eight-year-old girl, already decades-old, that Reacher can't let go. Reacher - bruised and battered - should have just kept on going. But for Reacher, that was impossible. What, in this fearful rural county, would be worth dying for?

Brilliant, page-turner could not put it down but didn't want to get to the end because now I will have to wait four months until the next one, The Affair, is released in paperback (27 March 2012).

Who is Reacher? Described by The Times as "Thinking girl's beefcake", Reacher's CV includes his vital statistics giving his height as 6 foot 5 inches, weight 220 - 250 lbs, 50 inch chest, 37 inch inside leg. Tom Cruise eat your heart out - no way! "Admired by his male readers and lusted after by his female ones" (Daily Express), Reacher is a true loner, no credit cards, no driving licence, no dependents, no federal benefits, no tax returns, drifting from state to state, an ex-military cop, Reacher goes where trouble finds him.

If you've never read a Reacher book before and you like thrillers you have a treat in store. You'll find a full list of the Reacher novels on the Lee Child website.

Tom Cruise as Reacher - no way. Who would be your Reacher?