LEE CHILD

Murakami's assertion in a recent Guardian interview that he likes Lee Child and given Lee Child dominates my only published work stable in the Kindle Singles, I decided to give Lee Child a try.

I downloaded 'This is not a drill', current Kindle Single number one.

I admit I liked the style and certainly was charmed by Jack, like millions of others.

I borrowed a tattered copy of 'Worth dying For' and I've just finished it.

To me, Jack is the mythical superhero that all communities yearn for, to deal with the town's bad guys and the jerks. The men who slap their wives and think it's OK, the cops who look the other way, because it's easier.

Jack is the good guy, the one who wont sell you out, and not let you down.

While I'll hardly rush out and read the complete series, I've already gone into a bookshop and got the first in the series, so who knows, I may continue for the next 18 or so books!