This was another great Lee Child title. Long-time fans of this author will enjoy and appreciate this latest entry.

I couldn’t get past the fact that this whole story was based on Jack Reacher randomly spotting a small class ring in a pawn shop. I couldn’t get interested in the book though I tried several times.

The Midnight Line is a good choice for reflecting on Veteran’s Day and the sacrifices made by our military every day. Certainly this latest in the Jack Reacher series shows a more sensitive side to our hero. Reacher is on the move again after Michelle Chang leaves comparing him to New York City, " a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there". So Reacher is on the move again, or rather back on the Greyhound, and while a Wisconsin rest-stop Reacher spots a tiny woman's West Point ring in a local pawn shop. Intrigued by the forces that must have compelled the rings' owner to give up the ring, Reacher follows leads with the goal of reconnecting the ring to the young woman.
For a thriller, this is a heartbreaking read which will engage you from the opening page. Highly recommended.

And Tom Cruise is NOT Jack Reacher and never will be. #HollywoodGetsItWrong!

The Midnight LIne by Lee Child is #22 of the Jack Reacher series. Reacher is having one of those days when he happens to notice a West Point ring in the neighborhood pawn shop. Knowing what the ring means to West Pointers, Reacher being a fellow graduate, decides to find the owner and see if she is in trouble and find out why she pawned her ring. Point A to point B was not a straight line but Reacher is determined. Always fun to see what Reacher is up to.

I would like to thank Dell and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book.

I read everything Reacher, and this one did not disappoint. Will be looking forward to more in this series by Lee Child.

Lee Child is on his game with this latest installment in his Jack Reacher series. The book is timely and well paced. Keep them coming, Mr. Child!

I love this series, but they're not all at the same high level. Seems like the previous book was a knockout, but this one has a little too much of the "Jack drives (or walks) around a lot and just kind of stumbles into things" that some of the lesser books in this series tend towards. This time out, Reacher is motivated by finding a West Point class ring at a pawnbroker's shop. Thinking there must have been some sort of dire circumstance that would lead someone to give up such a dearly-earned item, he sets out to find just what that might be. This leads him from Wisconsin to South Dakota to, eventually, Wyoming, and a mystery involving stolen fentanyl and a network of addicts and suppliers. It's not a bad book by any means--the descriptions of the wide spaces in Wyoming are well-done and Reacher's general superhuman level of competence is on display, as usual--but, ultimately, the whole thing is kind of dull and builds to more of an anti-climax than anything. Hopefully the next book will be a bit more strongly plotted.

My review can be seen at RT Book Reviews - 4.5 stars TOP PICK

The Midnight Line is the newest Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. I have liked the Jack Reacher character since the first installment, and of course, I still do. As usual, Jack Reacher is larger than life in this novel, although his physical description seems to have changed a little bit. But that does not change the storyline or the other characters. This book is well written and very engaging to read. Great characters, too. I think this novel is a good addition to the Jack Reacher series. I do recommend it.

Very solid four star installment in this series. After skipping his last book, this one gets back to classic Reacher. With the drug epidemic in this country right now i felt the book really hit home and was very current. Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me a chance to read the book early. Have already bought the hardback for my collection.

*Thanks to NetGalley for a digital copy of this book!*

I love Lee Child's Reacher series. I hate to finish one, because then I have to wait for the next!

At it's basics, this story follows the standard Reacher plot. He comes across something that peaks his interest and sets off to solve it. Reacher sees a woman's West Point ring in a pawn shop. Wondering why someone would give up something so hard to get, Reacher sets off to find it's owner and the answer to that question. And because he has total freedom, he can, just because he's curious and concerned.

But this book also has a different tone and feel to it. It discusses the complicated and discouraging issue of wounded veterans returning home, and the inadequate care provided to them. There is less physical violence (although still plenty!) and more of a thoughtful quality to the story.

I felt like the book moved a little slowly at first, but did pick up. It was not as action-packed and fast-paced as other Reacher novels. The description of the setting, middle-of-nowhere Wyoming is very well done ; I could picture it clearly in my head.

Overall, another great Reacher book by Lee Child!

Jack Reacher is one of kind. He's a dog with a bone. He doesn't give up till he finds the answers he's looking for. As always Lee Child tells a good story from beginning to end.

This is the latest Jack Reacher book, and he is back, detecting and fighting the forces of evil as usual. This time the setting is in the rural west, mostly Wyoming and South Dakota. As Reacher investigates, he encounters people and places involved with the stealing, transporting, selling, and using of opioids.
I enjoyed this, although it wasn’t “edge of your seat”thrilling. Child was able to transport me to a very different place, with few people and rugged but beautiful terrain, which for me was the best part. I could almost smell the pines. It made me long to travel to that part of the country. It was also enlightening to get an up close and personal picture of the opioid epidemic.
I’m glad I read this, and satisfied with my experience of it. If you love Jack Reacher, and really...how can you not?...,you will enjoy taking a trip with him out west. If you aren’t familiar with Reacher, I recommend reading some of the earlier books of this series first. There are many of them and all that I have read have been intriguing and thrilling. I’m sure you will enjoy these.

Note: I received an advance copy of the ebook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I am a reader of all things in the thriller category and the Jack Reacher books fall into that category. I really liked this installment. It addresses the world of what we know as prescription drugs and it starts in a pawn show in Wisconsin and moves west.
The deeper Reacher digs to find the owner of a West Point class ring and the more he learns, the more dangerous the terrain becomes. Turns out the ring was just a small link in a far darker chain. Powerful forces are guarding a vast criminal enterprise. Some lines should never be crossed. But then, neither should Reacher.
One thing I liked was that Reacher teamed up with not one but two people so he wasn’t a loner this time. And I liked the interaction among them. And having recently driven to Rapid City, I coul visualize the settings in both the city and the Wyoming countryside. So I was connected.
If I have any criticism of the book, it would be the conclusion. I suppose I wanted the bad guys to suffer more. But realistically that does not always happen. But I did like the twist and that was worth it. Altogether a great read.
I received a copy of the book from NetGalley in exchange for my review which is my own.

I'll admit it. I was slow to hop on to the Jack Reacher train. I saw the movie (which I might've seen sooner had I realized that David Oyelowo was in it). I'd heard readers talk about the charm which is Lee Child and his famous character. I'd heard fans complain about the movie (particularly the casting of the famous main character). And yet I balked. 

Silly me. 

I finally jumped in with both feet to the latest, The Midnight Line, the 22nd Jack Reacher book. And I see how wrong I was to have waited. Lee Child is a masterful writer, and Jack Reacher is just as amazing a character as everyone said. I should have listened long ago. 

On a stroll through a Midwestern pawn shop, Reacher stumbles on a class ring from West Point. Knowing it would have taken a lot to get a West Point grad to sell a ring, he buys it and decides it's his mission to return it to its owner. The ring is tiny, the former owner clearly a woman, and it has initials inside. A quick call to the school gets him a name, and a (ahem) discussion with the man who sold the ring to the pawn store owner gets him a direction; and with that, he's off like a dog hot on the trail of the scent. 

His journey takes him throughout the Midwest, to the back rooms and seedy underbelly of the American drug trade. With a cast of interesting and varied characters and a compelling story, The Midnight Line is a gem for Reacher fans as well as for those of us who have held out. It's a fantastic page-turner and the perfect excuse to spend several hours on the sofa. 



Galleys for The Midnight Line were provided by Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine through NetGalley.com, with many thanks.

The mystery kept me engaged but the ending was a little flat. This book had less violence and more of a story. It kept me emotionally involved. But like most of the Reacher series, it just ends. I would have liked more about Nakamura and what happened to her and to Scorpio..

Jack Reacher at his best. The man with no direction but an arbitrary "first bus out of the town" rule finds himself doing what he does best...fighting for people he thinks might be in need, with no one else to fight for them. It matters not whether he will subject his own self to danger or not, only that someone wouldn't get the help they needed if he didn't put on his Jack Reacher cape. There is action, there is adventure, there is mystery, there is Jack against all that is bad in the world. One can't help but love this character and the more foibles we are presented with, the more we want to be just like him. Great read!!!

Jack Reacher is an impressive looking man who is six-foot five inches tall and weighs two hundred fifty pounds. He is a former MP, and has great respect for the men and women who sacrificed their lives and, in some cases, their physical and mental health, to keep America safe. A West Point graduate himself, he spots a West Point ring in a Wisconsin pawnshop and reasons that, because of its size, it belongs to a woman. He decides to trace the ring's provenance, find the owner, and return it to her. If this sounds like a far-fetched premise, you'll have to live with it, because Child's books are not noted for their realism. Reacher is a loner and a wanderer; a taciturn individual who hitchhikes and travels by bus from state to state; carries little more than a toothbrush and a passport; and occasionally spend a few days with a woman he will likely never see again.

In Lee Child's "The Midnight Line," Reacher joins forces with a private investigator and a gorgeous thirty-five year old woman looking for her missing twin, and encounters a host of miscreants along the way. Adding to the implausible nature of this yarn, the Superintendent of West Point gives Reacher information over the phone to aid in his investigation. As usual, our hero uses both brains and brawn to fend off attacks and plan his strategy. He engages into bloody fistfights with various assailants and never permits anyone from law enforcement to interfere with his mission.

This is not one of Child's most sterling efforts. The book is slow moving, with staccato sentences ("Jack Reacher. No middle name. Retired military police.") that grate on one's nerves, little forward momentum, and a plot that feels as if it is pasted together with Elmer's Glue. The only aspect of the book that comes alive is the tragic tale of Serena Rose Sanderson, the owner of the aforementioned ring who put in five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Her heart-rending story drives home the horrors of combat and the terrible suffering that severely wounded veterans face when they leave the army. Events play out predictably, since Reacher is rarely wrong, his confederates follow his lead as if were still an active duty officer, and after he cleans up the messes he encounters, off he goes to his next port of call. In some ways, he is a modern-day Lone Ranger.

The Midnight Line by Lee Child is book twenty-two in the Jack Reacher series. The book was released on November 7, 2017 in the US. I received a review copy from Random House Publishing group via Netgalley. Now lets get on to my thoughts! The Midnight Line is what I consider a return to true Reacher form. The nomadic problem solver is back and trouble is quick to find him. The spark that starts the journey is a bit far fetched or a bit of too much of a stretch for me. The upper Midwest feel and small town feel reminds me a lot of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series. Anyone who is a long time reader of this blog, will be able to back me up on the fact that for me that was the exact thing I want. There was even a sheriff who shared a name with a Longmire series character. The novel even had a strong resemblance to John D Macdonald's Travis McGee series. The action is super fast paced and presented brilliantly in cinematic way. If you want a good popcorn style action book The Midnight Line is it a full five star recommendation!

Just in time for Veteran's Day, another Jack Reacher book has been released, which examines what happens to wounded servicemen and women when they come home.

After Michelle Chang leaves Reacher, he climbs on yet another bus and heads north. At a rest break, he spots a West Point ring in a pawn shop and is moved to find out more about the owner. Reacher runs into resistance right away but learns enough to begin following a trail that leads him to South Dakota, then Wyoming, where he teams up with a private investigator and his client. As it turns out,they are both looking for the same woman--the client's twin sister, Serena Rose Sanderson.

The twenty-second book in the series is one of the best--filled with the series' brand of action and adventure, of course; yet there are moments of humor, poignancy and deep humanity as well. Makes for some exciting and compulsive reading!

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the opportunity to read an arc of this exciting new book!