No Plan B: The unputdownable new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors

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There’s a crime sitting behind all of the mystery at the center of this book, but it’s really only presented as an aside with very little substance provided. The books in the series are not character-driven as much as action-driven, which has always been part of the appeal. His disconnectedness from society allows him to take action without being weighed down although it can sometimes be a handicap. There were at least four different points of view, but I had trouble telling them all apart—and for some reason, they kept repeating dialogue. Surely this series is ending its course, maybe the author(s) need to consider coming up with something new?

And then the local police disregarded Reacher's witness statement in favor of another "highly respected" person who saw Angela's "suicide. Things began a little shakily, but they appear to have righted themselves with this explosive thriller once more. There is a lot to enjoy in this novel, offering series fans a glimpse at past greatness that just might be on the horizon once more. Of the first 26 I gave all 5 star ratings except for four which got four star ratings (mostly recent ones).

So, Childs hasn’t ever spent much time on character development, except for Jack Reacher and a precious few recurring characters that have appeared over the life of the series. Reacher is one-dimensional now, with none of the charm or wit I’d expect, and it was the same-old plot of a female victim who has no advocate, so Reacher steps up. I tried to give Andrew a fair shake and I think that 3 books in, ratings of 3 then 2 then 1 star tell the story of a failed experiment.

I sympathize with these readers because I became as negative about the series as any other disappointed once rabid fan. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Along the way, we are introduced to not one interesting character and forced to plow through page after page of eye-glazing, brain-numbing descriptions of how Reacher goes about accomplishing his tasks. Maybe the better question is why the author(s) continue putting Reacher in unnecessary situations where he has to fight his way out and drop countless bodies.

Undoubtedly, Andrew Child will continue to live off of his brother’s reputation, but I will no longer be reading them. We learn about fifteen year old Jed, while living with foster parents, learns that his birth mother is dying of stage four pancreatic cancer and on her death bed finally tells him the truth about his father. During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. Reacher witnesses a woman get murdered and her purse stolen, Reacher takes note of the scene and decides to let authorities handle it. Although it doesn’t reach the dizzy heights of the earlier novels, thanks to the intriguing plotting, this is easily the best of the co-written novels so far.

Anyone who reads Andrew’s Reacher Books ahead of Lee’s won’t even give Lee a chance to show how brilliant he wrote 24 Reacher Books plus a number of short stories some better than others but all worth reading. The whole thing begins as Reacher sees a man throw a woman under the bus - quite literally - after which he steals her purse and runs. He has already figured out that there’s something very suspicious going on and that’s only confirmed by the reception he receives as he arrows in on Winson.As with any long-running series like this, the plot scenario never varies too far from what has always worked well. Reacher in his typical nomadic style, is traveling by bus and hitchhiking and arrives in the small town of Gerrardsville, Colorado to visit a Civll War museum. Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for providing an Uncorrected Proof in exchange for an honest review.

And he sees what actually happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving like a shadow, pushed the victim to her death—before swiftly grabbing the dead woman’s purse and strolling away. That leads him to another recent death in the town of a man believed to have died a natural death from a heart attack. Things do get very involved and the reader needs to concentrate more than is usually required in a Jack Reacher book.

His journey to Winson comes courtesy of Hannah Hampton, ex-wife of another man murdered in Gerrardsville, presumably by the same people who did the under-the-bus pushing. There is obviously something sinister behind the machinations of those running the Minerva Correctional Facility ….