Book info

• Title Never Go Back
• Author Lee Child
• Year 2013
• Genre Thriller

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police. Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He liked her voice on the phone. But now he's arrived, she's disappeared, and things are getting weird. Accused of a sixteen-year-old homicide and co-opted back into the army, Reacher says nothing. But he's sure as hell thinking of a way out.

Thoughts

A really good entry in Jack Reacher’s canon - finally our protagonist reaches his destination of Virginia but… maybe he shouldn’t have bothered. Arriving at his old military stomping ground causes more problems than it solves, but he does sort of get the girl for a bit anyway, and he solves another puzzle and another fit up job. It was very interesting to see Reacher as a reluctant father figure, albeit briefly, and how he reacts to charges that he doesn’t actually know whether they are true or not. Ultimately, the book ends as they always do and just how Reacher likes it, with the future stretching ahead unknown.

Rating: 4 / 5