No Plan B: The unputdownable new 2022 Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors (Jack Reacher, 27)

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Something Reacher saw seems to have triggered feelings of ill will, so to speak, from some folks who would rather it not be seen - what was there threatens the good thing they want to keep going. Reacher witnesses a woman get murdered and her purse stolen, Reacher takes note of the scene and decides to let authorities handle it. Connecting with Hannah Hampton, she and Reacher headed to Winson, halfway across the country, where they hoped to find answers.

Reacher finds himself involved in an incident that spans across the US and gets him into trouble with a new collection of corrupt officials. This perception was not helped by a lacklustre narration by Scott Brick, usually one of my favourite interpreters and readers in the genre. I heartily thank the publisher, via NetGalley, for allowing me to read and review a pre-release copy. As always, it’s Jack’s determination and singlemindedness of purpose that is compelling just as much as the action.I'd rather wait 18 months for a well-conceived story line than get another "No Plan B" threadbare "Reacher" story in a year.

This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations. From vastly different parts of the country there are forces at work, drawing a bunch of seemingly unrelated people together. I'd have much preferred a much slower and more considered approach to the entire story, focussing, as in the past, on the arrival, the fatal character flaws of the antagonists, a more subtle reveal of the real intentions behind the Minerva Corporation and just generally a story more redolent of how a drifter like Reacher would have approached it. This one had some really evil bad guys who have been getting away with some despicable practices for years.A typical Jack Reacher novel that was a fairly enjoyable read but getting rather predictable for me. The story does contain a few familiar Reacher elements: He manages to acquire a female sidekick (yet another Frances Neagley surrogate. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's "golden age. In addition to the sameness of these books, I have come to find Reacher’s lack of any personality or charisma tiresome.