I've read one of his books before and couldn't finish it, but Lee Child has a new book out. (That was a bad introduction, it could be a really good book) The Affair has the return of his character Jack Reacher. Being the sixteenth instalment of the series, The Affair brings some long awaited back story to Jack Reacher. We go back to 1997, and Jack is a military cop being set on an undercover mission to Carter Crossing. A young women has been killed and all evidence points to a solider. After Jack is sent there, the investigation gets out of control. There is a cover-up in place so Jack has to team up with the local sheriff to uncover the truth.
From J.D. Robb: Eve and Rourke return to investigate a series of murders connected to a brilliant young surgeon in Chaos in Death.
From Mary Blayney: A Shopkeeper's solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, who whispers but one word...wish.
From Patricia Gaffney: A lonely woman and a hotline psychic turn their astonishing connection to the other side into an unexpected romance.
From Ruth Ryan Langan: The shattered soul of an angry spirit imprisoned in a Scottish manor house could be a young widow's only salvation.
From Mary Kay McComas: A young ghost eases his brother's pain and guilt by inviting him into the dreams of an imaginative author of children's books.
From Mary Blayney: A Shopkeeper's solitude is complicated by a magic coin, a daring rogue, and dreams of her late husband, who whispers but one word...wish.
From Patricia Gaffney: A lonely woman and a hotline psychic turn their astonishing connection to the other side into an unexpected romance.
From Ruth Ryan Langan: The shattered soul of an angry spirit imprisoned in a Scottish manor house could be a young widow's only salvation.
From Mary Kay McComas: A young ghost eases his brother's pain and guilt by inviting him into the dreams of an imaginative author of children's books.
This last book is Nighwoods by Charles Frazier. I think this one sounds really good, it takes place in the 1960's. On a side not the author is know for his accurate historical novels and is said to have done a great job recreating this time period.
Luce lives alone in a remote lodge in North Carolina. When her sister is murdered Luce inherits her twins and her solitary life is shattered as she tries to deal with two troubled children. As she struggles alone two men are approaching, one is her sister's husband and murderer, and the second is someone who might be able to bring them solace. I like a great suspense novel, and a novel with great characters, and this promises to have both.
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For Reacher fans, this flashback novel on Reacher's last days in the Army is historically interesting because it fills gaps in his resume. It provides a different reason for why he left the Army than given in earlier novels. It also shows how Reacher's "no suitcase, will travel" ethos got started. Unfortunately, the novel is marred by excessive violence than exceeds the violence of any previous Reacher book and the aftermath is simply not credible. It's been a long series and Childs has done a good job in keeping the quality level up, but we may look at this novel as the beginning of a marked decline in the series.
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