The newest in the long series of Jack Reacher novels. This time with a difference. Lee Child, the author of the previous 25 books is stepping down, or stepping away. But before he does he is keeping Reacher alive by handing over writing duties to his brother. They intend on collaborating on a few before Andrew takes over full time, and this is the first in the transition period of two authors.
The beauty of these books is the simplicity of them. Reacher rocks up to a small town somewhere in the great expanse of middle America, he runs into someone and stumbles upon a grave injustice. Which he deliberates over getting involved in for a time, before turning into a human wrecking ball on a mission to restore order and put the bad guys in their place. Whether that place is prison or a grave, Reacher doesn't really care.
What follows is a good old fashioned mystery with a good dollop of fight scenes which are wonderfully written. Big fists crashing into wide stomachs and brittle noses, roundhouse kicks knocking guns flying and skulls cracking. What's not to like?
The transition is seamless but you can almost sense an evolving of Reacher, breaking some of his own rules, making exceptions, and as he says himself, sometimes they all worked out OK.
The beauty of these books is the simplicity of them. Reacher rocks up to a small town somewhere in the great expanse of middle America, he runs into someone and stumbles upon a grave injustice. Which he deliberates over getting involved in for a time, before turning into a human wrecking ball on a mission to restore order and put the bad guys in their place. Whether that place is prison or a grave, Reacher doesn't really care.
What follows is a good old fashioned mystery with a good dollop of fight scenes which are wonderfully written. Big fists crashing into wide stomachs and brittle noses, roundhouse kicks knocking guns flying and skulls cracking. What's not to like?
The transition is seamless but you can almost sense an evolving of Reacher, breaking some of his own rules, making exceptions, and as he says himself, sometimes they all worked out OK.
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