Sunday, October 16, 2016

Deep Cover Jack

There are seven books called “The Hunt for Jack Reacher series” written by Diane Capri and authorized by Lee Child, the author of the very popular Jack Reacher series. The seventh is Deep Cover Jack. Special Under orders from “The Boss,” Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar have spent the last 23 days on an off-the-books search for Reacher when they are sent by their boss with minimal explanation to take a look at a remote property on the coast of Maine. It’s the dead of winter, so the weather was big factor in this story. Two female agents have gone missing in the area. Meanwhile, “The Diplomat” Viktor Sokol, who is a Russian embassy attaché, has something nefarious planned regarding a highly effective and essentially untraceable weapon that he wants to sell to terrorists anywhere in the world.


The good news about this story is that it is a fast and easy read. It could entertain you on a 2-hour flight somewhere, but it is not great literature. Reacher’s involvement in the story is peripheral and hinted at, but since he has completely gone off the grid, has had his identity erased from all records, and wants to remain hidden, no one, not even “The Boss” knows of his involvement in all of these events. And, at the end of the story, while the story about Sokol and the terrorist weapon has been resolved, we are no closer to knowing anything about Reacher. I am not motivated to look further into this series, and I hope Mr. Child got paid handsomely to authorize and endorse Deep these books.

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