The 27th book in the Jack Reacher series was released October 2022.

I enjoyed it. As I enjoyed the rest of the audio books, most read by Dick Hill.

The worst thing I can say about No Plan B is that the audio book is read by Scott Brick, one of my least favourite narrators.

In this one Reacher deals with a gruesome private prison conspiracy in Mississippi. An interesting premise.

As usual, Jack Reacher stumbles into the situation.  He happens to see a woman murdered.  Pushed under a bus.  Chasing that killer leads him to another recent death in the town — a man believed to have died a natural death from a heart attack. 

He was also murdered.

Reacher books are typically very simple.  But the plot of this book is more complicated: 2 additional subplots that play out in parallel — until they intersect.  

If you like Reacher, you’ll like this book.

YES the story is absurd, as are they all. 😀

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This is the 3rd book in the series featuring American war veteran Peter Ash, who suffers PTSD.

He can’t go indoors without physically suffering.

… Ash leaves a simple life rebuilding hiking trails in Oregon to help his good friend Henry Nygaard, whose daughter runs a Denver security company that protects cash-rich cannabis entrepreneurs from modern-day highwaymen.

Henry’s son-in-law and the company’s operations manager were carrying a large sum of client money when their vehicle vanished without a trace, leaving Henry’s daughter and her company vulnerable.

Then, when Peter is riding shotgun on another cash run, the cargo he’s guarding comes under attack from hijackers and he narrowly escapes with his life. As the incidents mount, he has to wonder: for criminals as sophisticated as these, is this money really worth the risk?

And if not, what about his cargo is worth more? …

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Good plot.

The best character is his buddy Lewis, the most dangerous person in the world. A Black man with a library card.

After 18 months retirement — DC Smith felt obliged to return to investigate a charge against a friend’s son.

Fact is … DC Smith is by far the best part of the entire Kings Lake investigation book series.

When DC Smith is not there, the books are far weaker.

DC Smith is glad to be back. His partner Jo is glad he’s back.

And now he has some kind of phoney Private Investigator card.

Thank God!

This is a very good debut novel.

Already picked up to be adapted for screen.

The author IS a corporate attorney in ATLANTA. She’s writing what she knows.

Family. Secrets. Murder.

When Atlanta lawyer Ellice Littlejohn discovers her boss dead in his office, she walks away instead of calling the authorities.

Why?

Because she has been keeping a cache of dark secrets including a small-town past and a kid brother who’s spent time on the other side of the law.

Also, she’s had a long term affair with her boss. And doesn’t want that coming to light.

After that, her life gets … complicated.

The 4th book I’ve now read by Nora Roberts I’d say was the weakest.

Still good.

Still a sprawling, multi-generational tale well told.

The first time she met her father was the day he tried to kill her…

Adrian Rizzo didn’t have the easiest childhood, to put it mildly, but she’s worked hard to put it behind her and to the outside world she is a beautiful young woman with a successful, high-profile career and a wonderful family and friends.

When, out of the blue, she receives a death threat in the post, she is shocked but puts it down to someone’s jealousy of her success and tries to forget about it. But Adrian doesn’t realise that it’s more than just spite. Someone is very, very angry about her happy life and will stop at nothing to bring it all crashing down. …

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#14 in the Inspector Gamache series.

Not nearly my favourite.

The plot highly unlikely. That’s often the case for Gamache books, actually.

I did enjoy the book starting -35C in a fierce blizzard. Readers should understand how difficult life is in rural Canada during the winter.

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