Reach and Pull

I was reading David Baldacci's Zero Day when it hit me. The hero, John Puller, keeps comparing himself with people from NCIS and other agencies. But he also likes to draw comparisons with people from the armed services — especially MPs.

John Puller is the Baldacci anti-version of Lee Child's character, Jack Reacher.

Then it turned out that it was true to some extent; in an interview with Janice Kaplan dated November 2011, Baldacci had discussed that idea. Ah well...