The Secret: Jack Reacher, Book 28 (Jack Reacher, 28)
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Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed.
They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he falls to his death from his twelfth-floor window – a fall which generates some unexpected attention.
That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher, recently demoted from Major, is assigned as the Army’s representative. If he gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy.
Reacher may be an exceptional military investigator, but office politics aren’t what gets him up in the morning. As he races to identify a cold-blooded killer and uncover a secret that stretches back 23 years, he must navigate around his new partners.
Will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?
PRAISE FOR THE JACK REACHER SERIES
‘There’s only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.’ MICK HERRON
‘Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of.’ KEN FOLLETT
‘Everyone needs to kick some butt sometimes, even if it’s just imaginary.’ JOJO MOYES
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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, The Secret is the 28th book in the internationally bestselling series.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Penguin (14 Mar. 2024) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 416 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0552177563 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0552177566 |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 3.5 x 19.8 cm |
by Sportsman and Customer
Andrew is learning – as I’ve said before his first efforts sub ing for Lee were crap, but this is much closer to Lee- well done- it’s well worth a read ,I’m back on board the Reacher train…..
by AlliMac
I have read most, if not all, of the Jack Reacher novels. I was a bit disappointed with this one, to be honest. It seemed like two unconnected stories had been bolted together to meet a deadline, and one of them was just a list of third-party murders. I don’t know if it’s because Lee and Andrew Child are still developing their partnership, but I hope it gels better in time for their next book. That’s for damn sure !
by Amazon Customer
The first part of the book was all that punchy he-man stuff, the reader could almost hear the repetitious crescendos, but it eventually settled down into a sensible story, and enjoyable book. The first 8 or 10 were superior to the later attempts.
by Amazon Customer
Reacher pops up in the storyline occasionally, usually several steps behind and has no real effect on the progress of the story. He comes in at the end with a flash of the old Reacher, but too little too late. I expected to be disappointed with this book as the plots have been getting thinner and any twists, weak. I was proved correct. I have no doubt fans (and me, as I have all the series) will buy this and the next couple of books to contribute to the Child’s retirement fund but the books have really reached the end.
by HarryD
Book was ok, but definitely not as good as previous Reacher books.
Didn’t like the first few chapters where action jumped between characters and locations.
Later on in book this is rectified and it becomes easier to read with a change in location and character is made with a new chapter.
Story not too bad. Will think hard before buying next book in series.
by Steve G
The isn’t a bad book but it’s just not up to the Reacher standard of old. It’s rather short – 300-odd pages of pretty large type in the hardback. The plot is passable but nothing really comes as a surprise.
The Reacher books used to be my favourite but there are so many better alternatives around now.
Still, it’s an improvement over the last couple so hopefully they’ll keep getting better.
by M. R. Shaw
Unfortunately not up to usual story telling for a ‘Reacher’ book. Joint authership does not work as well as Lee Childs own story telling standard.
by Jim Bowen
Lee Child writes about Jack Reacher, a man mountain former military policeman who “walks the Earth” round America, getting into scrapes, investigating crime. Every so often we get a story from his army days, which allows us get a bit more back history about the guy.
In this book (which is set in the early 1990s), Reacher has been recently demoted to captain (he’s later re-promoted to major -though not in this book), and he is ordered to Washington DC to investigate the death of government scientists who are being killed years after they worked on a special project together.
The book is a standard “Reacher in the army” book. He takes charge, and “kicks behind and takes names”. It’s not particularly long either, so there’s little unneeded verbiage, so the book sort of drives itself along, which is good. We do get to see the killer’s point of view though, as the book alternates between their, and Reacher’s timeline, which is typical of the series.
My one grumble would be that if you’re paying attention, you’re probably going to find it easy to guess the killer, which lets the reader down I think, as otherwise this book is a pretty decent read.