The odds are against him. But Reacher believes in a certain kind of justice. He teams up with a fed-up waitress who knows a little more than she's letting on, and sets out to take down the powerful and make the greedy pay. Reacher has to stay one step ahead of the loan sharks, the thugs, and the assassins. One brazen move leads to another, and suddenly Reacher finds himself a wanted man in the middle of a brutal turf war between rival Ukrainian and Albanian gangs. Then he steps off the bus to help an old man who is obviously just a victim waiting to happen. But you know what they say about good deeds. Now Reacher wants to make it right.Īn elderly couple have made a few well-meaning mistakes, and now they owe big money to some very bad people. Reacher is on a Greyhound bus, minding his own business, with no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. "This is a random universe," Reacher says. "Once in a blue moon things turn out just right." "Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of."-Ken Follett
He is the recipient of many awards, most recently the CWA’s Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction, the International Thriller Writers’ ThrillerMaster, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award.In the next highly anticipated installment of Lee Child's acclaimed suspense series, Jack Reacher comes to the aid of an elderly couple.and confronts his most dangerous opponents yet.
Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers.
#JACK REACHER BLUE MOON SERIES#
If you’re new to the series like I am, you’ll be putting the backlist onto your TBR pile.īuy a copy of Blue Moon here. If you’re a Reacher fan you’ll love this latest instalment. ‘Once in a blue moon things turn out just right.’ The odds are better with Reacher involved. He wanders the country, assisting where he can. Blue Moon is the 24th in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child and once again it’s a farfetched, well written explosion of entertainment Riding the Greyhound bus, Reacher sees an old guy on a seat ahead of him, asleep, with an envelope hanging out of his pocket. We will soon be reading and reviewing the latest Jack Reacher book, The Sentinel, to see if he is faithful to the style of the best Jack Reacher books. The author, Lee Child, has officially turned over creative control to his brother, Andrew Grant. The Reacher in this book is dark, and yet someone you’d trust. Blue Moon marks a turning point in the Jack Reacher series. Physically, in my imagination, he was no Tom Cruise. The novel can be violent in parts but with Reacher’s characterisation it also has an old-school Hollywood feel to it. What grabbed me from the get-go is Child’s finely polished dialogue that propels the story forward. It’s fast-paced, a fantastic page-turner that is perfectly plotted. Lee Child has delivered an exhilarating read. Will Reacher sit back and let bad things happen? Or can he twist the situation to everyone’s benefit? The gangs have a tight hold on the old guy. He learns that the elderly couple are in serious financial trouble after borrowing money to pay for some medical treatment. Reacher plays the good Samaritan and escorts Aaron home, where he meets Aaron’s wife, Maria. The old man, Aaron Shevich is grateful, yet vulnerable, scared, and clearly in big, big trouble. Another passenger is watching too … obviously hoping to get rich quick.Īs the mugger makes his move, Reacher steps in. He’s on a Greyhound bus, watching an elderly man sleeping in his seat, with a fat envelope of cash hanging out of his pocket. But they hadn’t counted on Jack Reacher arriving on their patch. Blue Moon reads as a standalone.īlue Moon is set in a nameless city where two ruthless rival criminal gangs, one Albanian, the other Ukrainian, are competing for control. I’ve seen a film and went back and looked at the history of this iconic character, however I needn’t’ve worried. I was concerned that I’d need to be familiar with the series to write this review. I’m embarrassed to admit that while this is Lee Childs’ 24 th Jack Reacher novel, it’s my first.
Once in a blue moon, things turn out just right: the new Jack Reacher, the thriller hero we can’t get enough of is back in a brand new white-knuckle read from Lee Child.
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