Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.

Everything you could want - action, suspense, character and setting, all floating on the easy lyricism of a fine writer at the top of his game.

Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.