The Secret - Lee Child & Andrew Child

The Secret

By Lee Child & Andrew Child

  • Release Date: 2023-10-24
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
4
From 3,101 Ratings

Description

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A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose.

1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention.
 
That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army’s representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy.
 
But office politics isn’t Reacher’s thing. Three questions quickly emerge: Who’s with him, who’s against him, and will the justice he dispenses be the official kind . . . or his own kind?

Reviews

  • Enjoyable

    4
    By Dan Vermilion
    Good book, but not as good as some of the earlier ones — not suspenseful.
  • Disappointing

    2
    By GGabel
    Usually the Jack Reacher novels are hard to put down, this was hard to finish.
  • The Brothers Have Figured it Out

    5
    By Scott_A_Miller
    5 Stars. Easily the best one since his brother came on board, it might also be the best prequel Reacher story too. This mystery was solid and interesting. We learned more about the young, slightly less violent, Reacher. Looks like the new “team” of brothers have it figured out. Excellent. Now, the wait begins.
  • Not bad

    4
    By fiber is not working
    Not bad but at the lower end of the Reacher books
  • Money Grab

    1
    By jimmytheseal
    Cashing out on a great brand. Unreadable.
  • Sad

    2
    By Andrew Henry
    Since Lee turned the reigns to his brother, the books are different and have worsened with each iteration. This one hardly had Reacher in it and focused on the assassin sisters far too much. I've read every Reacher book, and they are far and away my favorites in the genre, but as sad as it is, the series is dead under Andrew Child. Other series were able to make the change to a new author (Vince Flynn/Kyle Mills) well, but it's time to have Lee come back or hand the reigns to someone else cause it is not working.
  • Reacher pale shadow

    2
    By SteveSSelf
    I love the Reacher books! I’ve read the whole series at least twice. But this book is a mere shadow of the rest. Reacher seems like a bit player in his own book. There is not a character to connect with or root for. And the stoic, bare clarity of the first ~15 books is no longer present. The mystery and attraction of the original Reacher is gone. I’m sorry, we had high hopes, but these new books are not written like what we came to love. I cannot recommend them and will not be reading the series any further. Sad loss.
  • I liked it.

    4
    By Nike Athlete
    This was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I did like it. But I feel this series is ended. I do not believe it is going to be the same.
  • Lights are On but Reacher Ain’t Home

    1
    By sonicelixirs
    Shame on me, I tried it again and now feel fooled. I don’t begrudge Lee giving a lucrative franchise to his brother, he’s more then earned the right to do as he pleases but the dumbing down of Reacher is a painful read and a powerful experience of loss. He now thinks out loud, telegraphs his moves, and is no longer smarter than anyone. The dialog devolved from whip-smart to til tok. The plot pacing is a shambolic meandering mess, a drudgery of patched together writing sessions aimed at describing a story without actually reading as one. The concise logic, precise Reacherisms, tight pacing of old now flows like a YA title for slow readers. I use to check how many pages were left, dreading the approaching ending, wanting more, now it is sitting in disbelief, hoping I can bail or somehow tap out. Like the improbability of an investigator in the story recognizing the effects of an exotic toad poisoning, I too feel the random freedom to write without design or coherent style and declare the death of a beloved character, and the rise of a zombie impersonator, pass the toad, I’m out.
  • Old story re-write?

    5
    By Opie older
    As is the case, with every reacher novel, it was great, but it reminded me a lot of a previous novel called night class.

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