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“The ever-resourceful and vengeful Reacher takes on nearly a score of the bad guys in an exciting climax to an enthralling book…complete with cover-ups and numerous intriguing twists.”—Library Journal, starred review
“A superb New York novel…. Child grounds his hero’s hard body and hard-drive brain in believable detail, and he sets the action against a precisely described landscape.” —Booklist, starred review
“All good thriller writers know how to build suspense and keep the pages turning, but only better ones deliver tight plots as well, and only the best allow the reader to match wits with both the hero and the author. Bestseller Child does all of that in spades.... [He] sets things up subtly and ingeniously, then lets Reacher use both strength and guile to find his way to the exciting climax.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A superb New York novel…. Child grounds his hero’s hard body and hard-drive brain in believable detail, and he sets the action against a precisely described landscape.” —Booklist, starred review
“All good thriller writers know how to build suspense and keep the pages turning, but only better ones deliver tight plots as well, and only the best allow the reader to match wits with both the hero and the author. Bestseller Child does all of that in spades.... [He] sets things up subtly and ingeniously, then lets Reacher use both strength and guile to find his way to the exciting climax.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Susan Mark, the fifth passenger, had a big secret, and her plain little life was being watched in Washington, and California, and Afghanistan—by dozens of people with one thing in common: They’re all lying to Reacher. A little. A lot. Or just enough to get him killed. A race has begun through the streets of Manhattan, a maze crowded with violent, skilled soldiers on all sides of a shadow war. For Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, the finish line comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Can you spot the suicide bomber?,
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This review is from: Gone Tomorrow (Hardcover)
As a big fan of Jack Reacher I must say I was not impressed with Child's last novel "Nothing to Lose." It was ok, but I felt as if I had read it all before and I was wondering if the franchise had "jumped the shark." I am happy to report that Reacher is back on track with "Gone Tomorrow." I wont say it is the best reacher novel. My biggest problem with the most recent Reacher novels is that the action gets a bit more unrealistic with each new book. One of Jack Reachers traits was his cold hard logic, but he now seems to get himself into situations with odds beyond logic. That being said I really liked the central plot point of this book: How do you spot a suicide bomber? It allows Reacher's logic to come to the fore. And of course the book has the typical blistering pace, some villains you will love to hate, and some interesting twists. In spite of my concerns Child's is one of the top contemporary thriller writers.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great suspense and tension, undermined somewhat by conclusion,
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This review is from: Gone Tomorrow: A Reacher Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
The tension & suspense never lets up in this Jack Reacher novel, and the appeal of Jack Reacher is at a peak, with his logical and no-nonsense persona, with side dashes of sardonic humour. New York City gets a starring role here and Child makes good use of the unique setting for his drama.This time Reacher gets to deal with al-Qaeda operatives and shadowy federal agents, as well as a wanna-be senator with a history in Delta force. Everybody lies to him as much as they can get away with, but Reacher inexorably peels away the surface layers until he finds the dangerous truth. Unfortunately, he makes some unlikely mistakes toward the end, strictly to heighten the danger and drama of the last confrontation, which makes the ending somewhat disappointing. Considering that novels of this sort aren't terribly realistic anyway, though, its not that big a deal. Child's a master of this sort of thing and he uses the conventions well, and makes you quite happy with the twists and turns. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating,
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This review is from: Gone Tomorrow (Hardcover)
Book 13 in the Jack Reacher seriesNo doubt, this gritty and gripping suspense will plunge fans of Reacher into this high octane thriller with its never ending action. Once again Reacher is larger than life. The story opens with an attention grabbing train ride on the New York City subway at two in the morning. Reacher is sharing the ride with five other passengers; four seem unassuming but one is displaying those tell tale signs of a person about to do the unthinkable...could she be a suicide bomber? Concerned, Reacher interferes triggering a manhunt of many different groups each with their own objectives. A race played out in the complicated labyrinth of streets in Manhattan. Long time readers know that once involved, Reacher and only Reacher decides when it is over...always riding a fine line between conflicting sides he takes the reader on a wild ride.... One surprise after the other makes this novel exciting, the action is breath taking with some of the violence tacky at times, some raw and some a little far fetched. With a tight and well structured storyline Mr Child brings back memories of past and more recent terrorists and political events. His protagonist is always plunged into the heart of the action. The dialogue is heighted with a New York flair and we find Reacher a more dynamic character than he was in the last novel. This is one enjoyable and captivating novel. .
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