Book Review
: The Sentinel By Lee And Andrew Child
Taking the mantle of one of the biggest brands in fiction can’t be easy, a bit like a contemporary author taking over the bond books. Some times it's a disaster, sometimes it works brilliantly.
Happily however
Andrew Grant (now Child) is a successful author in his own right with some fab
detective series under his belt , and you no doubt already know , he’s Lee
Child’s younger brother . They’ve co-written the 25th Reacher
adventure together and will team up for a few more before Andrew flies solo.
The Sentinel
is the 25th Reacher adventure
and for those of you who cant be bothered to go on amazon the plot’s
below
Jack Reacher gets off
the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab
a cup of coffee and move right along.
Not going to happen.
The town has been shut down by a cyber attack.
At the center of it all, whether
he likes it or not, is Rusty Rutherford. He's an
average IT guy, but he knows more than he thinks.
As the bad guys move in on Rusty, Reacher moves
in on them . . .
And now Rusty knows he's protected, he's never
going to leave the big man's side.
That little synopsis
really is the most I can tell you about the sentinel without spoiling it but if
you were worried about the changing of the Reacher guard, don’t be. This is classic Jack Reacher from start to
finish. Reacher doesn’t take any shit in the sentinel, he’s calmed down a bit
since Blue Moon , there’s only a handful of brutal murders . But he does hang a guy from a bar ceiling , a contender for the funniest Reacher moment ever.
The sentinel is
everything a Jack Reacher adventure should be , it’s violent, it’s funny ,the
villains are complete bastards and everything gets wrapped up nicely and leaves
you eager to tear into the next one. Or in my case dig out the Killing Floor
paperback and start from the beginning .
if you’re new to the world of Reacher then, welcome and enjoy catching
up.
Verdict : Cracker
Also a big thank you to Transworld for the proof copy
