Without Fail (Jack Reacher, No. 6)
by Lee Child
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Author: Lee ChildEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-26
ISBN: 0515144312
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Jove
Book Reviews of Without Fail (Jack Reacher, No. 6)
Book Review: Seems like each new book is the best....
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the 7th Jack Reacher book I've read. I didn't get to a good start having begun with NOTHING TO LOSE but having now read the first six of the series, I understand why the popularity.I'm especially impressed with the sheer craftsmanship of these adventures. Just when I think I have the series pegged, Child comes up with a plot development I'm not expecting.It seems to me that this has the most heart of any I've read so far. The romance certainly has a twist, the woman in question having been in love with Reacher's older brother and transferring her affection over to Jack. And then there's Frances Naigley, a former associate of Reacher's and strictly platonic.The main plot has Reacher helping the secret service foil an assassination plot aginst the UsS. Vice president elect. A major complication is the fact that the veep is unaware of the threats being made. This is a real nailbiter, and my favorite so far although I wonder if that's just because it's the one I've just read and if one of the previous ones would instead be my favorite if it were the last one I've read.Whatever, this defiintely is a must read if you're looking for action that's loads of fun, but still has a deeper insight.
Summary of Without Fail (Jack Reacher, No. 6)
A covert group of assassins has the Vice President of the United States in their sights. They've planned well. There's just one thing they didn't plan on: Jack Reacher.What better way to test the security surrounding a U.S. vice president-elect than to hire someone skilled in the killing arts to penetrate his protection? Assassination strategy, though, is only part of the assignment facing Jack Reacher in Without Fail. This restive, blunt-edged ex-military cop must also determine whether recent threats against VP-to-be Senator Brook Armstrong are legitimate or are primarily intended to embarrass the perfectionist head of Armstrong's new Secret Service detail, M.E. Froelich, who happens to have been a girlfriend of Reacher's late brother.
If Without Fail lacks the emotional urgency of Lee Child's previous novel, Echo Burning, it still barely lets the reader catch a decent breath between plot crests. Jack and his fetching yet formidable colleague, Frances Neagley, must figure out how warning letters to Armstrong are being delivered into the Secret Service sanctum, whether the senator is at risk because of something political or personal, and who staged the demonstration murders of two innocent men also named Armstrong, first initial B. Unfortunately, a few twists (including the source of a thumbprint applied to the threats against Armstrong) can be figured out in advance, and the story is light on character development. A tiny breach in Reacher's reclusive carapace opens as Froelich transfers the love she once felt for his brother toward him, and there are suggestions that Neagley may have depths of feeling just waiting to be plumbed. However, other players are mere ciphers--the sacrificial victims of an action-oriented yarn. --J. Kingston Pierce
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