(By the way, the toothbrush is still there - just. But more on the lines of this latest offering and the fans will be reduced to talking about the Good Old Days, when Jack was really Jack and not the boring caveman murderer he has become. Jack Reacher has had a huge following deservedly so. The ingredients are (almost all) there the cooking style is ( apparently) similar but the magic is not there. It’s as if a five star chef’s recipe has been attempted by a tyro. The denouement is particularly daft, and so complex as to be laughable. But to what end? The plot is ludicrous, even for Reacher. Word upon word, sentence upon sentence, scene upon scene. The fights, but without the pseudo- scientific description of the mechanics involved. The detailed descriptions of rooms, etc, but at far too great a length. The staccato sentences, but far too many of them. It is a first, though - my first encounter with a boring Reacher. But his latest “adventure” has stretched my loyalty beyond the breaking point. Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new page-turning thriller from acclaimed #1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Ch #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Įnd of the Road for Jack? I am (was) a Reacher fan.Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.more But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher's life. Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun-until he comes upon a curious scene. Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new page-turning thriller from acclaimed #1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.ĭigging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning.That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun-until he comes upon a curious #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new page-turning thriller from acclaimed #1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.