In Too Deep - Andrew/Lee Child

I've been a devotee of these Reacher books for quite a few years. It's my pulp indulgence. Several books ago Lee Child, who had started the series, began turning it over to his brother. The quality has suffered somwhat. There is a similar style; short, punchy writing. But there's a loss of momentum and urgency. While this was a good, entertaining book, there seemed to be more plodding periods of dialogue than in earlier stories. I'll probably continue to pick these up as long as they keep writing them. I just hope they can revive the tempo.

" Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.

Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there.

The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride in getting run off the road. The driver was killed.

His captors assume Reacher was the driver’s accomplice and patch up his wounds as they plan to make him talk.

A plan that will backfire spectacularly . . ."