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Chapter 6, paragraphs 3-4. Jack Reacher speaking after he promises to help a damsel catch her brother's killer so that she won't commit suicide: "The truth was, I had no interest in any of those things. But I wasn't about to tell the woman. I figured that the prospect of capturing her brother's killer was a lifeline I could use to pull her ashore. Probably the only thing I could use. It would be stupid to cut it before her feet were safely on dry land. Worse than stupid. Criminal. I might not have been serious about capturing some guy I'd never met. But I meant every word about helping her. Suicide has claimed far too many veterans. One would have been too many. So if I could prevent there being one more, that's what I was going to do. "I planned to take things slow. Give her time to see that the police were her best option. I was going to deceive her, yes. In the short term. But better deceived than dead" I ask you - in what universe would Jack Reacher talk like that? Tells a woman he will help her find her brother's killer, but has no intention of following through?!? Waxes sensitively on about veteran suicides?!? Thinks the local police are the best option?!? You killed the main character. Not worth buying.
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Better Off Dead A Jack Reacher Novel
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