She Treads Softly: In Too Deep

Thursday, October 10, 2024

In Too Deep

In Too Deep by Lee Child, Andrew Child
10/22/24; 336 pages
Random House
Jack Reacher Series #29

In Too Deep by Lee Child and Andrew Child is the very highly recommended 29th installment of the popular action thriller series featuring Jack Reacher.

Jack Reacher wakes up handcuffed to a table. He has a broken wrist, double vision, a headache, and memory loss concerning what happened to him. One thing is for sure, whoever is responsible will pay. Lessons are taught to the man guarding him and then Reacher proceeds to look for an exit. He runs into a man named Ivan Vidic, who tells Reacher what is happening and then offers him a fortune to help him in a double-cross of the people running this particular operation. Reacher agrees, but for his own reasons.

Expect an entertaining, action-packed, complex plot with Reacher using his super-human powers of deduction to stay multiple steps ahead of everyone else while assessing the situation. Even injured, he retains his incredible strength and ability to fight. There is help from a female suspended law enforcement officer who is following one of the players in this gang. (She demonstrates the obvious fact that it is probably time for Reacher to at least get a cell phone.) There is plenty of coffee, pie, and sandwiches plus an unexpected twist at the end.

In Too Deep will hold your attention right from the start. This is everything you look for in a Reacher novel. Thanks to Random House for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.

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