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Without Fail by Lee Child7/8/2023 Reacher employs the aid of a retired colleague, Neagley, a woman as skillful as he in the field. Reacher’s brother filled large shoes as well, killed five years earlier in the line of duty.Īlthough the two men had lost touch over the years, maintaining a careless approach to family ties, their emotional bonds were based in blood, their physical appearances eerily similar, a distraction to ME Froehlich, the recently appointed agent in charge of Secret Service operations to protect the new vice-president and former rejected lover of Jack’s brother. In Without Fail, Reacher is contacted by a former colleague/paramour of his deceased brother, hired to attempt an assassination of the vice-president elect in order to test the elaborate system of defense already in place by the Secret Service. A military outlaw of sorts, ex-Agency, Reacher’s methods are more often brutal and unconventional than not, taking on the aberrant criminals who think outside the rules of engagement and act with impunity. It takes someone with superior reconnaissance skills and above-average intelligence to tackle the sinister men who people Jack Reacher novels. Jack Reacher may be an acquired taste, but fans of Lee Child will not be disappointed in this latest adventure, although Reacher’s usual violent nature is held in check through most of the book, giving readers a more subtle appreciation of this protagonist’s abilities. Without Fail: A Jack Reacher Novel - book review
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