No Plan B: A Jack Reacher Novel (Unabridged)
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3.8 • 396 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
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“No Plan B is not to be missed. A perfectly plotted, fast-paced thriller, with bigger twists than ever before. It’s no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone’s favorite rebel hero.”—Karin Slaughter
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader’s Digest
In Gerrardsville, Colorado, a woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus. The death is ruled a suicide. But Jack Reacher saw what really happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving stealthily, pushed the victim to her demise—before swiftly grabbing the dead woman’s purse and strolling away.
When another homicide is ruled an accident, Reacher knows this is no coincidence. With a killer on the loose, Reacher has no time to waste to track down those responsible.
But Reacher is unaware that these crimes are part of something much larger and more far-reaching: an arsonist out for revenge, a foster kid on the run, a cabal of powerful people involved in a secret conspiracy with many moving parts. There is no room for error, but they make a grave one. They don’t consider Reacher a threat. “There’s too much at stake to start running from shadows.” But Reacher isn’t a shadow. He is flesh and blood. And relentless when it comes to making things right.
For when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Jack Reacher single-handedly takes down a private army in this nonstop action-adventure thriller. When a murder that he’d witnessed is dismissed as a suicide—and a second “accidental” death follows—Reacher realizes he’s on the trail of a deadly conspiracy. As our favorite tough guy follows the clues from Colorado to a maximum-security prison in Mississippi, dodging speeding cars and flying fists along the way, he needs to use both his superior smarts and his formidable fighting skills to take down a shadowy private army. As always, sibling co-authors Lee and Andrew Child deliver the breakneck pace and explosive plotting that have made the series such fun. Delivered in Scott Brick’s deep, rich voice, this audiobook has everything we’ve come to expect from this everyman antihero. When you want an action thriller that doesn’t pull any punches, Reacher is the man.
Customer Reviews
A little hard to follow
I always enjoy these books. This story was a little hard for me to
follow. I’m still not entirely sure
what moral failing led Jack to
initially (how he chose to become involved) get involved in the issue
at the Prison. It was crystal clear by the end...
And as much as I
LOVE Scott Brick, I really had to
concentrate on the characters- usually my brain separates & sorts
Scott’s work on auto pilot, but not
this time. And, I also expect Jack
to bump off a few deserving creeps, crooks & dirtbags, but it
felt forced and unnecessarily
brutal. After all of this it was still entertaining and a nice change from from the last few books I
read in exchange for reviews.
There aren’t really any spoilers in these books, so I suppose I’ve covered everything.
Not so good
I think I’m not as much an Andrew Child fan as much as Lee, and I think Scott Brick is not my reader. Lee Child wrote books that were Reacher novels; Andrew writes his own books that may have Reacher in them. Not as good. And Scott’s reading is…too emotionally mournful, too bemoaning, as it were…not interesting, but…rather emotionally complaining in tone. Wailing, almost. As a result, this audiobook weighed on me. I found myself not listening to it. YMMV.
Not your traditional Lee Child
They changed the narrator and that is all he does. He’s not a voice actor. Most of the voices are the same or have very little difference, male or female.
This is my first book with Andrew Child co-authoring. It’s a departure from what I have loved. There are a lot more characters that don’t interact with other characters. We spend a lot less time with Reacher.
The one thing I LOVE about Lee’s books is that you know as much as Reacher and you have all the clues to figure it out too. This book has three different threads (Reacher is one thread) and doesn’t bring them together until the end.
I’ll give Andrew one more chance (maybe I just need to adjust to a new style). But I want to be able to figure out what’s going on as Reacher does.