The Enemy: (Jack Reacher 8)

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I particulary like the ending and the explanation for background we have learned about Reacher in Child's other books. It is forbidden to copy anything for publication elsewhere without written permission from the copyright holder.

Kerry did a good job of reading it but I still prefer Jeff Harding (maybe because I am used to the characters he portrays) but nonetheless pretty well narrated and brilliantly written again.He was where he shouldn't have been, with someone he shouldn't have been with, carrying something he should have kept in a safer place. Reacher, while younger, is his usual self and will naturally have to break a few heads along the way as he battles a boatload of adversaries, most all of whom are in the army as well and some of whom are his superior officers. Funding being cut, positions being lost and positions being given to bad seeds, and lots of times where his brother is encouraging him to watch his future and watch his back.

Only other quibble is the actual recording "chapters" don't appear to be split in to the book chapters, which is a little annoying, but a very minor complaint. By signing up I consent to you using my details to send me Jack Reacher newsletters from the UK and confirm that I have read Penguin Random House’s Privacy Policy. I love the character of Jack Reacher, but sometimes the author makes the plots a little too convoluted. During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker.Even though I felt like the action took a backseat to the suspense, it definitely had me hooked throughout. Same engaging character (Reacher,) great plot lines, wonderful supporting character development, and best of all, a nice pace to the story. A fabulously suspenseful prequel that reveals Reacher's character as he uncovers a homicidal cabal of military officers. Believing that the two murders are connected, Reacher and Summer focus on the one thing missing from Kramer's newly recovered briefcase: the printed agenda from a conference he was supposed to attend for members of the armored divisions. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute.

Then all of a sudden toward the end, Reacher has a eureka moment in his head and tells his partner in a five minute monologue the complicated story of what has been going on. It also provides a lot of background about Reacher and his family that the reader hasn't learned before. Combine that with finely textured relationships--always an extra dimension in this series--and you have a novel that takes Child in a new direction (more Michael McGarrity than Stephen Hunter) but does so flawlessly. Child's best-ever writing, especially Reacher's personal life with brother Joe and his dying mother, poignant, honest and true. Textured, swift and told in Reacher's inimitably tough voice, this title will hit lists and will convince those who still need convincing that Child has few peers in thrillerdom.Then one track stops and the other keeps on going and the tank wheels around and lurches straight towards you, roaring and squealing. He will find himself in a lot of trouble and in very grave danger as he digs into a situation that could ultimately threaten a lot of lives and careers, including his own.