Without Fail

Taught thriller, starts off strong and snowballs into an adrenaline-filled blast. Pure popcorn fun.

After taking a book off from it, Child develops Reacher's character a bit by bringing him into contact with people who knew his brother before he killed. Which is nice and commendable, but it's not his strong suit.

Most of the time, he does what he does best: he puts a target in front of Reacher, gives Reacher juuuuust enough info to keep stumbling from one clue to the next, getting closer and closer to his prey. And when he tracks his prey down things really start going Reacher's way.

As usual its an above standard Reacher novel, I've yet to read a duff one (some are a bit more average).
As someone else has noted it is quite odd that Jack refers to his watch constantly in this book yet in previous novels he just knows what time time it is from his internal clock. Doesn't detract from the book though.
I've got to get past the one thats being currently filmed so the whole Reacher series isn't ruined for me by Tom Cruise.

Fantastic novel. Lots of intrigue. Great story and plot. Good characters. Reacher's character arc is very nice in this story.

So, why does it only have four stars?

That's because it wasn't exactly up to the mark of the other Jack Reacher novels. By itself, it's pretty damn good. But, it doesn't have the sort of noir-ic chic or elegance that comes out of a Jack Reacher novel. While Reacher is there, his usual background isn't.

Worth reading though. A good read, no doubt.