by Lee Child
Ahh, this is more like it -- I was afraid that I was going to have to give up on these shorts to preserve my appreciation for the novels. But Lee Child and Dick Hill pulled it off. Its the mid-80s, Reacher's a Captain in the Army and is called to Washington to go undercover as an Army sniper. Some...
Book 16.5 in the Jack Reacher seriesI am not a big fan of short stories but from time to time I do make room for them in my library. To come out with filler books a few months before a major release is today’s trend for crime writers, Mr. Child has taken advantage of this and has sent a few our ways...
Hard core Reacher fans will enjoy this, but overall it struck me more as a pastiche of clipped scenes from another novel put together as a story. The dialog is good, Reacher is always fun to watch in action, but the plot itself just doesn't hold together as well as one would like.
I was really pleased when I got this book approved through Net Galley because I have read quite a few of the Lee Child Novels before and I absolutely love Jack Reacher. However, this was my first experience with a Jack Reacher Short Story.In this short story, Jack Reacher goes undercover in the Capi...
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