00-00 Without Fail Lee Child [Dick Hill].txt
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Title: Without Fail (Jack Reacher 06)
Author: Lee Child
Read By: Dick Hill
Copyright: 2002
Website: http://www.leechild.com/
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Abridged: Unabridged
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Book Description
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Annotation
The secretive, closed organization that invites Jack Reacher in is the
Secret Service, the organization that protects the Presidency. Someone
who was once close to Reacher's brother, needs help in her new job.
Her new job? Saving the Vice President of the United States from being
assassinated.
From Publishers Weekly
The sixth time's a charm for thriller meister Child, whose latest escapade
starring ex-military cop Jack Reacher is handily his most accomplished
and most compelling to date. The suspense-laden plot kicks off with
U.S. Secret Service agent M.E. Froelich telling Reacher: "I want to
hire you to assassinate the Vice President of the United States." V-p-elect
Brook Armstrong has received a series of anonymous death threats, and
Froelich needs to uncover their source and ascertain the effectiveness
of Armstrong's security detail. Reacher agrees to masquerade as an assassin
because he can't resist a challenge and because Froelich had loved his
older brother, Joe, a Secret Service colleague killed in a botched operation.
As Reacher pieces together an increasingly frustrating puzzle, Child
ratchets up the excitement with several breathtaking set pieces, including
a Thanksgiving dinner for D.C.'s homeless that turns deadly, a jaw-dropping
coup and a slam-bang finale in Wyoming's mountains. He even extracts
tension from mundane events, as when Reacher searches for clues on a
security video of an office cleaning crew. The novel's detailed insider's
view of political skullduggery is certain to intrigue readers, and the
various characters' relationships, handled with careful restraint, provide
an added layer the growing attachment between Froelich and Reacher;
both characters' recollections of Joe; Reacher's regard for Frances
Neagley, a former colleague whom he calls in for help. And then there's
Reacher himself, the stolid, flawed man's man who gives no quarter on
any level. Indeed, the novel's final line serves as a precis of this
quietly fascinating character: "He headed west for the Port Authority
and a bus out of town." This Child's play will be a tough act to follow.-
From Library Journal
Only Jack Reacher stands between Vice President-elect Brook Armstrong
and his would-be assassins. But that's enough, because taking out bad
guys is what highly skilled ex-military policeman Reacher does best.
Recruited by M.E. Froelich, new head of the Secret Service VP detail
and former lover of Jack's late brother Joe, Reacher enlists the aid
of former U.S. Army master sergeant Frances Neagley, who's as pretty
as she is potentially deadly. But it is Reacher alone who finds significance
in the hyphen in a death threat and checks out the odd oil on a fingerprint
as he puts together the pieces and zeroes in on the killers who are
after Armstrong. The political scene adds interest to Child's trademark
intricate plotting, and, in his sixth adventure (after Echo Burning),
Reacher becomes an even more rounded character, revealing some of his
background as his intelligence, intuition, and physical prowess all
shine. Child's Jack Reacher thrillers get better every time, and this
is a knockout. Essential for popular fiction collections. [BOMC, Literary
Guild, Mystery Guild, and Doubleday Book Club selections.] Michele Leber,
Fairfax Cty. P.L., V
From AudioFile
Characters never sound middle-of-the-road in Dick Hill's narration.
They're brimming with personality, distinctive and vivid. All of that
is especially true of Child's protagonist in this gripping, incisive
thriller about an attempt to kill the vice president. Jack Reacher,
a former military investigator, is cocksure and whip-smart, and Hill
gives him swagger, wit, and passion. Reacher is brought in by the Secret
Service, first to see if an assassin could get to the vice president
and then to stop real assassins from doing just that. The book is a
joyride for listeners, full of false leads, dead ends, concussive bursts
of action, and characters who are fully realized and individual. This
is as much fun as an audiobook performance can be. M.O. Winner of AudioFile
From Booklist
Jack Reacher, former military police, is in Atlantic City running a
little pro bono interference for an elderly husband-wife lounge act
worried they might be cheated by the local Mob. Then he's contacted
by M. E. Froelich, a Secret Service agent in charge of protecting vice-presiden-
t-elect Brook Armstrong, the one-time amour of Reacher's late brother,
Joe. Froelich hires an initially reluctant Reacher to test the security
coverage around Armstrong, and Jake compromises the system with ease,
prompting Froelich to hire him to develop a better system. Armstrong,
it turns out, has been threatened, and it may be an inside job. Reacher
and an old military police crony run up one blind alley after another
until Jake finds a single clue in the vice president's background that
leads him to believe the threat may be personal rather than political.
This sixth Reacher novel is a stunner, packed with extraordinary detail
regarding executive protection and overlaid with a genuine mystery that
will baffle even the most astute armchair crime buffs. The suspense
becomes nearly unbearable as Reacher closes in on his prey, leading
to a brutal conclusion. Mix in a touching romance between Reacher and
Froelich, based mostly on their shared affection for the late Joe Reacher,
and one has a thriller of unequaled emotional depth. Wes Lukowsky
Book Description
Skilled, stealthy, and unknown, Jack Reacher is the perfect man to assassinate
the Vice President of the United States. Theoretically. His job is to
find holes in the VP's security system-before a group of assassins does.-
About the Author
Lee Child is the author of six award-winning Jack Reacher novels.
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