Ayo Onatade interviews Lee Child in today's (Dec 3) edition of the magazine.  This happens to be a particularly good and insightful job, and someone here might find it interesting. It explains a few things about the author and his protagonist.  Jack Reacher is by no means just a simple thriller hero.   http://wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2010/12/newsy-stuff-lee-child-adventures-of.html