The sixth novel in the acclaimed series featuring Jack Reacher. With the vice president's life in danger, the head of a high-level Secret Service security detail wants Jack Reacher to find the holes in her own system, and fast. A group of men already has the high-profile victim in their sights and will stop at nothing to realize their objective. What the assassins never planned on was Jack Reacher.
What better way to test the security surrounding a U.S. vice president-elect than to hire someone skilled in the killing arts to penetrate his protection? Assassination strategy, though, is only part of the assignment facing Jack Reacher in Without Fail. This restive, blunt-edged ex-military cop must also determine whether recent threats against VP-to-be Senator Brook Armstrong are legitimate or are primarily intended to embarrass the perfectionist head of Armstrong's new Secret Service detail, M.E. Froelich, who happens to have been a girlfriend of Reacher's late brother.
If Without Fail lacks the emotional urgency of Lee Child's previous novel, Echo Burning, it still barely lets the reader catch a decent breath between plot crests. Jack and his fetching yet formidable colleague, Frances Neagley, must figure out how warning letters to Armstrong are being delivered into the Secret Service sanctum, whether the senator is at risk because of something political or personal, and who staged the demonstration murders of two innocent men also named Armstrong, first initial B. Unfortunately, a few twists (including the source of a thumbprint applied to the threats against Armstrong) can be figured out in advance, and the story is light on character development. A tiny breach in Reacher's reclusive carapace opens as Froelich transfers the love she once felt for his brother toward him, and there are suggestions that Neagley may have depths of feeling just waiting to be plumbed. However, other players are mere ciphers--the sacrificial victims of an action-oriented yarn. --J. Kingston Pierce
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
REACHER BOOK # 6:
WITHOUT FAIL is the sixth book in the Jack Reacher series and as with most series let me say up front it is best to read them in order. This book is a prime example of knowing the whole story helps. Jack is recruited by the head of the new VP's Secret Service detail to find holes in the protection. With female Army friend, Neagley, they are drawn into prevent a plot against the Vice President. This is an action, thought provoking read and a good story, if you accept the premise that the Secret Service would... more info
Partial Fail:
I love Jack Reacher stories, but I have to call this one my least favorite. Too many factual implausibilities and not nearly enough action. First of all (spoiler warning), we have the Secret Service doing its utmost to protect the Vice President-elect, yet in the face of a direct threat, when he goes to speak in a churchyard the Service doesn't bother to check for a sniper in the steeple! Then later on at the same church, facing the same threat, this time knowing that the steeple contained a sniper... more info
Lee Child:
All of Lee Child's book are excellent. My son has read everyone of them and he truly enjoys reading them. I have read a few myself and must make time to read them all. He is a great Author and keeps you in suspense through out the entire book. Excellent!
Without Fail by Lee Child:
I love the Jack Reacher series. What was an especially nice surprise when I found the book was missing 30 pages, I received a prepaid label to send the book back, and was sent a new complete book immediately. NO HASSLE. Very simple. I really appreciated how easy it was. Thanks Amazon.
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