Book Review: Without Fail

Reviewed By: Luke Croll - RAM

Without Fail     Amazon US PB Amazon UK PB Amazon Canada PB
Lee Child
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Jack Reacher # 6

Jack Reacher returns yet again, this time protecting the Vice-President of the USA. Entering the offices of the Secret Service, Reacher has to work against some skilled people, but this time, he has assistance.

For me, Child's best book has always been 'The Visitor' or 'Tripwire'. However, with 'Without Fail', he has outdone himself and this book is his best to date. Instead of keeping Jack Reacher as a lone wolf, Child introduces a female companion from his Army days to help him. They work very well together and it makes a change to see Reacher working in partnership with someone else.

In addition, we learn a lot more about Reacher's brother Joe. He appeared in 'Killing Floor', but the portrayal was not overly detailed. In 'Without Fail', he is made into a real character and in learning about Joe Reacher, we learn more about their childhood as well. In terms of character development as a whole, Child allows the reader to discover more about his main character. Packed with its usual twists, turns and surprises, 'Without Fail' is a great read and I did not find any faults as I read it, apart from one tiny point that I picked up on immediately, but no-one else did. To say any more would spoil the plot, but it is only a minor gripe - overall, this is a great read which I recommend to any Reacher fan without hesitation.

Luke Croll - RAM

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