The Midnight Line

Loves me some Jack Reacher!!  I haven't read a Reacher mystery for some time, since I've read all previous 21 of them, and was waiting for the price of the latest to come down to a manageable amount on the Thrift Books used book site. Our power was out for most of the day and evening yesterday, so I had time to read the whole book in almost one sitting, using my handy dandy book light once it got dark out (and in).

As usual this was a good mystery, with Jack, a former military MP, and current 'between jobs' kind of guy, doing his usual brilliant detective work. Besides just enjoying the character, the story was interesting, involving some issues of veterans' health care and opioid use. Also there was more than one strong female character, so yay for that.

Lee Child books are not great literature and don't claim to be, but they are great mysteries as far as I'm concerned. Child is probably at the top of my favorite mystery writers list, which includes John Sandford, John Lescroart, Michael Connelly, Vince Flynn, and Harlan Coben.

Now if only the latest Reacher novel, Past Tense, was available on Thrift...sigh.

The Reservoir Tapes

 

 

This book was a disappointment. It ostensibly was an interviewer's writing about the reactions of local residents to the disappearance of a young teenage girl. While I thought each individual story was interesting, I found it puzzling that nothing seemed to lead to any real information about the disappearance. Now, after looking at some other reviews, it seems I would have needed to read Reservoir 13, the author's previous book, first to have any real understanding of what this Tapes book was all about.

The Other Woman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought the whole premise of this story was ridiculous. The main character was a wimp who ignored the most obvious of red flags. The methods of the 'other woman' were just not realistic. The ending was predictable. I can't say more without including spoilers, so suffice it to say I don't recommend this one.