Category Archives: Action
Hell Island by Matthew Reilly
HELL ISLAND is a novella in Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow series. If reading the series in order, it is number 3.5. If you’re not reading the whole series, then this is a short action packed read. Schofield is still recovering from … Continue reading
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Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly
SCARECROW is the 3rd novel in Matthew Reilly’s Scarecrow series and probably the most action packed (and unlikely) so far. Shane Schofield (the Scarecrow) is sent on a mission but when he arrives there is no problem other than the … Continue reading
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End Game by David Baldacci
‘End Game’ is the 5th novel in the Will Robie series by Davis Baldacci. At the end of the previous novel ‘The Guilty’, there was a burgeoning relationship between the two master assassins Will Robie and Jessica Reel. But Reel … Continue reading
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61 Hours by Lee Child
’61 hours’ is the 14th novel in Lee Child’s Reacher series featuring ex military policeman and now drifter Jack Reacher. This story is set in South Dakota in winter. It is incredibly cold and getting colder as a storm blows … Continue reading
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Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
‘Gone Tomorrow’ is Lee Child’s 13th Reacher novel. Reacher is drifting through New York on his way to nowhere in particular. He is on the subway at 2 in the morning with 5 other people in his car. Everyone in … Continue reading
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Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
‘Nothing to Lose’ is the 12th Reacher novel by Lee Child and certainly didn’t reach the heights of some of the other novels in the series. In the middle of nowhere in Colorado are two neighbouring towns called Hope and … Continue reading
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Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
‘Bad Luck and Trouble’ is the 11th Reacher novel by Lee Child and has drifter Jack Reacher working as part of a team rather than on his own. When Reacher was in the army he spent a few years as … Continue reading
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The Hard Way by Lee Child
‘The Hard Way’ is the 10th Reacher novel by Lee Child but as with most of the novels in the series it could be read as a standalone novel. Jack Reacher is back in New York. He is in a … Continue reading
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One Shot by Lee Child
‘One Shot’ is Lee Child’s 9th Reacher novel. The story begins in a Friday afternoon in a small town in Indiana. A shooter drives to a multi-story car park, lines up his rifle and with six shots, kills five people … Continue reading
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The Guilty by David Baldacci
‘The Guilty’ is the 4th book in the Will Robie series by David Baldacci about a CIA black ops assassin. Robie has succeeded in his latest mission, but in addition to killing his target, he has also killed a child. … Continue reading
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