At this point, the forgettable, generic titles are too on the nose. But this one is better than the last couple. I think. I can barely remember the last couple. Well, Reacher had a good run. (Btw, “bail” is consistently misspelled as “bale” throughout the novel.)

It started with a bang and had me hooked. The story was fast-paced and kept me guessing. Then it just kind of started to fizzle out and I took a lot longer to finish it because of that waning interest in how it turned out that came on. Still giving it 4 stars for how good the first 80% was, and will of course continue reading this series as one thing you’ll get from a Lee Child’s Reacher book is enough of a visual description of the action to actually feel like you’re right there. Not many can do that. Last note: there were a lot of typos in this- I truly hope as an early release review copy this isn’t the final version. It definitely needs some polish.

A solid addition to the ongoing Reacher series. Lots of action, brawling, deception and a bit of romance. A fun read!

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballentine for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I want to thank the authors, NetGalley, and Random House/Delacorte Press for the opportunity to review an ARC of In Too Deep, the latest (#29) installment in the Jack Reacher series. I attest the review is my original and unbiased work.

This latest iteration of the Reacher series begins with the protagonist waking up injured and handcuffed to a bed, with no idea how he got there or what was the extent of his injuries. Within the first few pages a complicated but at times predictable plot is revealed. As usual it is Reacher against the four "bad guys" to save the country or in this case the world.

Reacher is different in this book. Part of it is due to the concussion he learns he has suffered along with a broken wrist. This limits Reacher's physical activity, which means he beats up bad actors with one arm, his legs, and his feet. Reacher is befriended by one of the bad guys, who claims to have rescued him in an automobile accident. But Reacher is very suspicious, and doesn't trust the guy.

A bit later Reacher finds his usual female accomplice, a detective Knight on leave from Arizona who is after one of the four who murdered her father to seek revenge. Reacher and Knight team up to try to figure out what the bad four are up to and how to stop them.

Reacher is highly dependent on a contact in the FBI who helped him in a previous book. The machinations back and forth with the different agents and supervisors gets a little trite. In the end it is Reacher who solves the mysteries and saves the day.

This book missed the personal side of Reacher. Other books have shared a lot about Reacher's love for coffee, food, music, diners, and out of the way places. There's a little of that, but not much in this work. There is action, but not as much as in previous works. To me the ending was sort of anticlimactic and I would have liked to have seen a more complete ending to the book.

If you love the Reacher series you will love the book. If memory serves correctly this is the fourth book authored by Lee Child and brother Andrew Child. This one falls short of the previous efforts by the duo.

“In Too Deep” by Andrew Child and Lee Child is the latest Jack Reacher thriller by these #1 bestselling authors. What’s a bit different about this latest in the series is that instead of a action packed cliff hanger opening we find Reacher waking up shackled to a bed with a broken wrist and no memory of what happened or how he got there! As expected there will be plenty of action as he tries to figure out how he landed in his current situation. Without giving anything away I will just say the book is fast paced, compelling and touches on nuclear secrets and dirty undercover agents. If you are a fan of this series you won’t be disappointed, and if you’re a new reader to Reacher this book will hook you to the entire series.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Considering the series' formulaic nature - not inherently negative - I've crafted a review of similar structure, also not inherently negative. "In Too Deep" serves as another excellent read for an airplane journey. It's the 29th installment, and Reacher enthusiasts will find it satisfying. Those who enjoy thrillers will consider it a decent diversion. In typical fashion, Reacher, a man in his forties, drifts into a new town, encounters a damsel and/or child in distress, dispatches all the villains, and moves on. "In Too Deep" offers a more complex and intricate plot than usual, which was particularly enjoyable. Happy reading.

This is the 29th Jack Reacher book and of you’ve been around for a majority of the previous 28 installments, you probably have *expectations.* Like, Jack, without his own transportation, will stumble into a seemingly sleepytown and people will notice the 6’5” 250 pound veteran right away. Jack will visit a local Goodwill or thrift store to get more seasonal clothes and, I hope, although it’s unsaid, a replacement toothbrush and new underwear. Some injustice will be discovered that bugs Jack and with the help of a local (probably female), there will be action, some fighting, uncovered secrets, but eventually justice will prevail. And we’ll love it! We also might be the people who always order vanilla ice cream instead of raspberry pistachio, but it’s so enjoyable, so don’t be judgy.

Book #29 does open with a twist: Jack wakes up in a hospital with a broken wrist and is shackled to the bed, so we’re starting in the middle of the action for once. “In Too Deep” is the 5th book that Lee Child has co-written with his younger brother Andrew Child, so it’s possible we’re seeing more of Andrew’s influence. The fact that both brothers are British still always blows my mind, but they do homage to the portrait of a quintessential American hero with every book. And with the recent streaming series (not the movie with incredibly too short Tom Cruise), I bet more people want to be like Jack.

Just as expected, you’re going to enjoy the story as Jack must work through some amnesia and eventually solve the mystery of his broken bone as millions of loyal fans love their annual dose of the loner hero. There’s a turn of events midway that keeps the action going just as you think the plot line is wrapping up. As always, it was a satisfying read — full of twists and action sequences (that you usually know that the larger than life Reacher will prevail in). Series fans will not be disappointed! 4.5 stars!

Literary Pet Peeve Checklist:
Green Eyes (only 2% of the real world, yet it seems like 90% of all fictional females): NO As usual, there are always blackened eyes in Reacher stories, but no green ones.
Horticultural Faux Pas (plants out of season or growing zones, like daffodils in autumn or bougainvillea in Alaska): NO Lots of dense trees, but an acknowledged lack of flowers.

Thank you to Delacorte Press and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy!

another thriller from Lee Child that I could not put down. Lots of surprises and the bad guys always lose!

Thank you Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Delacorte Press for the ARC!

This was another fun installment in the Reacher universe! It had everything you look for and expect in a Reacher novel- action, twists and turns, suspense. It was exactly what I want from a book in this series! Some might find that redundant, but I find it comforting!

This had a couple of nice twists. It was a solid story but far from my favorite in the series. Reacher usually gets involved for a reason, this was a little different, which I enjoyed. Some of the story felt a little forced and there were moments that were just over the top.

Thanks to Lee Child, Andrew Child, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Delacorte Press, and NetGalley for access to the Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Book 29 in the Reacher series opens with Reacher hurting and in trouble. From there the story develops as Reacher figures out his situation, who he can trust, and resolves things while at less than full strength.

This was an enjoyable addition to the Reacher canon, and I moved through it quickly. The dialog is great, the plot is interesting, and the characters good. I especially enjoyed the description of the process Reacher used to figure out what was going on and therefore what his next steps should be. Reacher fans will not be disappointed with this one.

Another solid entry into the Reacher universe with In too Deep. Overall it is what you would expect a Reacher book to be, Reacher trying to solve a crime and something happens to go wrong. I feel like the more recent ones are turning more of Reacher becoming a partner of the OGA and helping solve big world issues rather than small city crimes, murders, etc. maybe that’s the new Reacher we are going to get. Overall fun story. 4.5/5.

I received a free advanced copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have read almost all of Lee Child's solo Jack Reacher works. Ever since he began collaborating with his brother, I have been disappointed with them, and this volume is still sub-par to the solo efforts. Reacher seems disconnected from the conflict situation, his interactions with the local police and criminals somewhat stilted, and the descriptions sparse and without the interesting color that the solo books contain. I do think this volume -- where we are introduced to the entire criminal gang in the early chapters -- was initially interesting, but then it just falls flat about half-way through. If you are starving for Reacher stories, you will be initially drawn to this but I came away unfulfilled.

Reacher is in a car accident after hitching a ride, but the driver is dead and Racher is taken captive. Yet he doesn’t remember the accident or the time beforehand because of a concussion. He does escape his captor but trouble follows him and all he wants to know is why. I have read all the Reacher novels and after 29 of them, I have to say that this was not the best in the series. Almost the same all thing where Reacher gets invo9lved with something illegal, tries to make it right, gets involved with another and all works out for him and he is back to being a drifter. Maybe the Reacher stories have dried up but I will get reading and hoping for better.

Every one’s hero, Jack Reacher is back with his smarts, muscles, and ability to outwit captors, bad guys, women, and misguided good guys.
All makes for a fun read full of action and “how on earth did he get out of that!?”
Lots of fun and you always learn something from the inscrutable hero. don’t miss.

The story begins with Jack Reacher regaining consciousness and finding himself handcuffed to a bed with an injured and painful right hand and no memory of what happened or how he got there. In typical Reacher fashion he is able to overcome his captor with only his left hand and escape. He ends up partnering with a woman in law enforcement, Knight.. It seems they are both after the same man. When you think all has been solved yet a new twist begins the action again. This clever and fast paced action keeps the reader turning pages. For Reacher fans this is a must and a great introduction to Reacher for new fans.

Loved the book. It was very fun to be dropped into a story mid action and follow Reacher through short-term, concussion-related amnesia, because there was so much he didn't know, and so much we didn't know, but also because his head and arm were injured, which is really hard for a brawler dealing with criminals.

This is the first Reacher book that actually felt like a different voice. This is the fifth book credited to both Lee and Andrew Child and I'm curious if this is the first one that's more Andrew than Lee. It's possible that the ARC I was given (thank you!) is from the British publisher, which could explain small things like leaving in "spanner" for "wrench" (which I had to look up) and other Britishisms. But that wasn't the only thing that made me wonder.

I still feel strongly from these 5 that the series transition is going really well, and I still love the decision to do this as a transitional period where they write together.

The plot of this one was set up well by dropping us in the action with no prior knowledge and making us have to piece it together with Reacher. I always love when active operatives use Reacher as a resource, and the continuing presence of Wallwork is fun, even if it is a little bit starting to approach deus ex machina on the information front. It's fun to have recurring characters.

Lee Child's twenty-ninth Jack Reacher novel, In Too Deep (Delacorte Press 2024) starts with retired Army Investigator Jack Reacher bound on a table with little memory of what happened to him. Not only is he not "in too deep", this doesn't even slow him down. How did he end up here? He accepted a ride from a man as he often does because he doesn’t own a car. The man is killed in a collision, but Reacher is rescued. Why? The reader will find out later, but that is how he ended up in the Page 1 predicament. It takes him no time to free himself (despite a broken wrist and no tools). As he digs into what is going on, he finds out his captors think he is an accomplice to the scheme that got the driver killed so before they kill him, want to determine what he knows. That is their first of many mistakes. Capturing and holding him makes Reacher mad. Mad Reacher is not a good thing. No surprise the crime is a lot more complicated than simply a rear ending. It involves lots of stolen secret documents, crooked FBI agents, and the worst--the potential harm to innocents. That above all, Reacher can't allow to stand.

I read this in a day and a half, though I did notice a bit of loss in voice and personality with Lee Child sharing the writing with Andrew. Still, I can't wait for the next.

Jack Reacher #29 - This was a fast-paced book with plenty of action which Reacher is known for. Once I started this book, I really didn’t want to put it down. I know that Andrew is probably writing most of the book, but I could see that he was trying to keep what makes Reacher the powerhouse he is. It didn’t flow as well as the earlier Reacher books, but I still really enjoyed it. Once again Reacher falls into danger and winds up fighting against the bad guys. What really made this book interesting was in the middle of the book when you thought everything was solved. Child then puts a new spin on things. I highly recommend this book. The story opens with Reacher tied to some type of bed by both wrists and feet. He also has one wrist that is broken. Reacher is trying to figure out what is going on because he doesn’t remember how he got into this situation. Reacher was able to escape this locked room and ended up bumping into one of the conspirers, Vidic, who brings him to a hotel and gets him help with fixing up his wrist. Vidic tells Reacher what is happening and convinces him to help him out. This is when things really start to heat up and the adventure begins. Thank you, Netgalley and Random House/Delacorte Press for providing me with an advanced reader’s copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

Another great book in the series. Plot is predictable but does have a twist. Always meets a woman but will never settle down. Saves the world again