The threads of “61 Hours”, a small-town Jack Reacher thriller, come together with real force in the finale. Reacher helps the police of a South Dakota town guard an elderly witness who saw a biker gang’s drug deal. Some readers find the build-up slow and guess the villain early. The book stops on a cliffhanger; some find that unusual for the series and not entirely welcome.

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About the book

61 Hours is the fourteenth book in the Jack Reacher thriller series written by Lee Child. It was published on 18 March 2010 both in the United Kingdom and in the USA. It is written in the third person. In the story, former military police officer Jack Reacher agrees to help the police in a small South Dakota town protect an elderly witness to a biker gang methamphetamine deal. As Reacher and the police investigate the gang's compound, the threats to the witness escalate to murder and the involvement of a powerful drug kingpin.

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The sources average 7.9 across 283 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.