Jack and Joe

Hunt for Reacher #3

by Diane Capri

FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar vector on Fort Bird, seeking to uncover more on Jack Reacher for their "Boss", Cooper.

When FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are sent to Fort Bird, North Carolina to find Jack Reacher, powerful enemies with their backs against the wall will stop at nothing to keep the secrets Reacher left behind.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Action, Audiobook, Adult

191 pages, ebook

First published August 1, 2015

About the author

Bestselling author Diane Capri is a recovering lawyer. She’s a snowbird who divides her time between Florida and Michigan. An active member of Mystery Writers of America, Author’s Guild, International Thriller Writers, and Sisters in Crime, she loves to hear from readers and is hard at work on her next novel.

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Here’s the Long version, if you’re looking for more info:

#1 Amazon Bestselling Author Diane Capri’s work is what the #1 worldwide publishing phenomenon Lee Child calls “Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too.” Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award-winning MWA Past President, says: “Expertise shines on every page.” And Library Journal raves: “….offers tense legal drama with courtroom overtones, twisty plots, and loads of atmosphere. Recommended.”

Diane’s new Jess Kimball series kicked off with Fatal Distraction, opening as the #3 Bestselling Legal Thriller, behind John Grisham. Diane’s new Hunt for Jack Reacher series began with Don’t Know Jack, which garnered #1 Bestseller spots on Mystery, Hard-boiled Mystery, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, and Legal Thriller lists both in the U.S. and U.K. Don’t Know Jack was followed by two bestselling short stories in the Hunt for Jack Reacher series, Jack in a Box and Jack and Kill. Diane’s Judge Wilhelmina Carson mysteries were praised by Romantic Times and garnered the coveted “Top Pick.” Diane’s savvy, spunky character, attorney Jennifer Lane, stars in her own romantic suspense series, which kicks off with Annabelle’s Attack.

Diane is the past Executive Vice President of International Thriller Writers, past member of the Board of the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and active in Sisters in Crime and other writing organizations. She comes to writing after a successful legal career and is married to her college sweetheart. She loves her nomadic snowbird existence preferring perpetual summer migrating from Florida to Michigan each year.

Diane says she writes mystery and suspense for the same reason she reads: to find out what happens, why people do what they do, and how to bring justice to an unjust world.Her books are translated in twenty territories. Diane loves to hear from readers. Contact her at: DianeCapri.com/Contact to receive notice of new releases, subscribe to Diane’s blog, or simply connect with her.

Reviews

[Jeanette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, what talent! Not only the mix, the pace, the mood, the wit, the tongue in cheek and the writing style hold perfect for this genre, but also it tops all else I have read in the last year for being the most absolutely "current". And not only in the politico, but in the every woman "eyes" of Otto. This is the woman who will break the glass ceiling.

It was a 6 star for entertainment value too. Getting that award as it did (detailed in the trailer), entirely understandable.

And reading Lee Child's letters and comments at the end was no small perk either.

I read this after reading three other Diane Capri "finding Jack" sequence stories. All of them were much shorter length, delicious little candy pieces, but this is far more than just those sweets. It was like a perfect Chicago Italian Beef Sandwich with giardiniera (hot please) and twice dipped. I have still yet to read the very first in the series "Don't Know Jack" #1. But here in this finale I was expecting another short piece to less than a novella length and what I got was this instead. HUGE (191 pages reads like 300 pages in most others) AND AN EXCELLENT surprise.

If you have read all of the Lee Child Jack Reacher novels and are supremely entertained by the action travels, this is like looking into the opposite direction. In those you look through Jack's "eyes" entirely and always. This is through Kim Otto's "eyes" and seeing, feeling, searching, removing layers to all of the Reacher "aftermath" that you never approach in the Child books.

For instance, every event in which Reacher reverses the knee joint, or head butts a face! Do you ever know about that survivor's tale? NO! Do you care? Almost never!

And what could be more timely in secret police or investigative forces right now than not trusting "the boss" or the higher ups in nearly any long term pecking order bureaucratic or corporate institution! Very little is more timely.

Gaspar and Otto are the best team I've come across in this genre for the last 20 years (modern era and that included Longmire my former best). And that also includes all the woman buddies and woman and partner detective teams up to and past Rizzoli and Isles. This is better. And also more movie friendly for the big cinema too, I do believe.

FBI and Federal Coppers watch your own backs, even when you may become used as bait or fodder! Stomp on those burner phones given to you in manila envelopes even though you know the drones are recording you from above somewhere anyway.

Plot here was a 6 star. And if you have read all the Reacher books, you get intense insight into Joe Reacher, Summer (way back then and the Paris escapade I remember too), their Mom. And also other outcomes that you guessed about but were never sure about in the Child books.

I also have to applaud Capri for breaching the horrendous "politically correct" wall here too. She makes REAL jokes. Otto is not nice, nice. Her recognition of her German half of her DNA is funny in the deep sense of what joking WAS at one time. Not angry and full of vindictive scorn.

What did I like the best? The ice storm, or the driving in N.C. or the parts in Nashville. Or going to the big MILITARY in Texas? All of it.

Where are you Reacher? Otto is going to find you. Eventually. All 4 feet 11 inches of her will. And she'll have her special tool to change the seat belt with her on top of it, so she doesn't get decapitated when the Crown Vic with Oscar driving hits the next wall.

[Matt]

Capri returns with another Hunt for Reacher novel, pulling in past history of Lee Child's popular character with her own spin. Working alone at the start of this mission, FBI Special Agent Kim Otto head to Fort Bird, North Carolina to liaise with a former military colleague of Jack Reacher's, at a posting that saw nothing but trouble develop for the elusive man. Learning little of interest on Base, Otto settles in for a quiet night at her hotel, but is roused by a shooting at the local strip club. She soon learns that her contact at Fort Bird, Colonel Summer, died in a horrific automobile accident on her way to Fort Bird. After meeting up with her partner, Carlos Gaspar, they head to Texas to follow a lead. It appears that while Jack Reacher was creating nothing but enemies for himself, brother Joe was the apple of everyone's eye. With more dead ends related to Jack Reacher, both Otto and Gaspar feel it has been a wasted trip until they find a strong connection between Summer and Reacher back in 1990. Apparently they were closer than they let on, which opens new questions about the auto accident. The further the agents dig to discover anything tied to Reacher, the more a current military storyline comes to the surface. While Reacher ties everyone together, there are other corrupt practices that leave Summer at the centre of an investigation that goes all the way up the chain of command. Capri does well to keep her Reacher fans hooked and begging for more.

While I have long been a fan of the Jack Reacher novels that Lee Child churns out annually, using Capri as an additional source of entertainment never lets me down. She works wonderfully to spin the breadcrumbs left about Reacher's past into a full-fledged series as the FBI continues its hunt for this most elusive of characters. Working a double story in this novel, Capri helps her readers feel a close connection to all that is taking place while staying true to the Reacher facts placed in previous novels. A wonderful and somewhat succinct parallel to the Child series, Capri continues to impress.

Kudos, Madam Capri for this story and your efforts to keep the Hunt for Reacher alive and well. I cannot wait to see what else you have in store for Otto and Gaspar in the months to come.

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[Erth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good read in the series. Would recommend! You should read this as a series, in order.

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the sixth of Diane Capri’s Jack books that I have read, in as many weeks. And it is the one I have been looking forward to most, since beginning the series I was thinking ahead to this volume and how Capri would handle Joe and Reacher and Joe’s friendship. This one also currently marks the half way mark in the series, there are 11 published and 1 scheduled, and this one is number 6. These stories are something you can sink your teeth into, especially if you are a fan of the Jack Reacher books crime mystery thriller stories. I was hooked after reading the first story in this series and know I will be reading them all.

In this volume agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gasper of the FBI are directed to focus their attention on Fort Bird. They both just want to close the Reacher file so they can get back to their normal assignments. But filling in background on Jack Reacher is proving much harder than either of them expected when they were awoken at 4am 18 days ago. And by the end of this this volume they have been on the hunt 20 days, been all over the USA, to Mexico, and even over seas. At Fort Bird they encounter numerous people who seem to have a beef with Reacher. And we find out about some family relations previously unknown during Reacher’s stay there. But as usual the two end up in the middle of a mess. Maybe some of it was left behind Reacher, and maybe some of it is just chance. But we find out a bit more about Reacher and a lot more about Joe.

A shootout at a bar. A high-speed death. And a suicide. And all of it pointing to a mess Reacher caused and left unfinished. A lot of action in this volume. It keeps you turning the page. I can freely admit I stayed up much later than I should have to finish the story, I just couldn’t put it down.

At this point I am just about halfway through the ones currently available. I am trying to pace myself at about a book a week. I have already picked up the eBooks for all that are currently available. I plan on reviewing one a week until I have reviewed them all. In the six months before beginning to read this series I read 29 Jack Reacher Novels and short stories by Lee Child. And somehow, I stumbled upon these books while preparing one of my reviews, I recall my dad having mentioned them but had never investigated them. I decided to give one a try and was immediately hooked. I am very thankful that I did try that first story. I typically read a couple hundred books a year, and the last few years have been over 300 a year. And at the pace I am going I will finish off this series under a year from my first Reacher read. These stories are great reads for Reacher fans. But they are written well enough that they could be read on their own. They are excellent reads for any fans of crime literature, mysteries, or thrillers. A warning though, they really ought to be read in order, something I must admit that is something that I often do not do, but in this case am sticking to the order. Lee Child himself has even plugged these books in the Reacher Report. And they deserve the applause.

Another great read in the hunt for Reacher series, maybe one of the best.

Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Diane Capri. As well as Reviews of all the Reacher Novels by Lee Child.

[Bill Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

You never really quite know what is going to happen when your boss calls. That is the downside of being employed. The paychecks are nice, but it’s those pesky phone calls.

Diane Capri has created as parallel world to Lee Child’s vaunted REACHER series; two FBI agents, Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar, who have been tasked by their Charlie-esque boss—Cooper—to build a file on Jack Reacher and his activities since the end of “The Affair”; the purpose is ostensibly to vet Reacher for a confidential government mission.

In this sixth outing (covering about three weeks so far) Otto and Gaspar revisit the locale for THE ENEMY, Reacher’s involvement with both Delta Force and Armor. For the first part of the journey, Otto is on her own as Gaspar is dealing with the impending arrival of his fifth child. The informant she is to meet is killed in a horrendous crash on sleet-slick North Carolina mountain roads. A wild shoot-out in a strip-club leaves people dead and the gimp-legged club owner injured. Cousins, brothers, husbands, wives, divorces and corruption…in many guises interplay in a game of which door do to run down.

Capri moves into a bit of a different mode in this book by shifting narration from third person to Otto’s point of view. Subtle, but very much in line with Child’s modality as well…he mixes voice from book to book. She also involves Otto and Gaspar much more in the Army social culture, especially the brother officer block and the meshing-yet-separation between officers and non-commissioned officers. It was sort of fun to see that Otto was sort of out of her comfort-zone on a military base without Gaspar, the newest dent in her Teutonic visage…other than the flying thing.

Gaspar’s character is the sounding board and steadying influence in the team. He is the pragmatist and why Connor included him is not quite clear yet. He is an FBI lifer who could a disability out but is not. He is not fully physically fit…and yet can handle everything that needs to be done. This is a character I want to understand more fully. He deserves to be as rounded as Otto.

One issue I have with this tome…maybe it was perception or maybe it was wishful thinking…I was sort of hoping that we might have been treated to more of Jack and Joe being brothers together. We didn’t get that—glimpses, yes. A few spots less murky, yes. Not the “full-contact” Joe and Reacher, though.

I got only one quibble that is sorta hanging out there. One weapon figures in the plot…the L115A3 rifle. I cannot for the life of me, figure out why. There is no reason for the shooter to have a British rifle in the circumstances in this book…not a one. I have to do some further checking, but the ballistic signature of the putative round likely wouldn’t be too good for conditions given. That’s my pickiness...

What about the book itself. First and foremost, I recommend it highly, especially if you are a Reacher fan. There are a couple of Reacher spin-offs but Diane Capri’s is the only one I suggest you include on your shelf or in your Kindle/Nook/e-reader. Her writing is well-paced, she has a good command of story arc and both tension development and satisfying resolution. Her character development is spot on, especially fully forming the characters Childs has penned. One in particular…Charles Finley…has grown in both complexity and lethality.

One other very important issue---Capri reprises the essence of the prior books/novellas beautifully…so well, you will want to go back and read the whole series…from the beginning…

[Josh · Rating 1 out of 5]

Every single thing I am about to say about this book in the Hunt for Jack Reacher series can be written about every single book in the Hunt for Jack Reacher series. Because they are barely books. And they are identical in almost every conceivable way.

The plot is non-existent, pacing is ridiculously poor (stop talking about Otto’s fear of flying, stop talking about overwrought and useless exposition about nothing that actually advances the story or even seems remotely pertinent), and the author is drastically out of touch with reality or even a good sense of plausible suspension of disbelief. Often times the author gets stuck and so creates a monologue via drone: describing events that are not possible to be chained together because this author is a technophobe who doesn’t understand technology let alone surveillance capabilities. Characters are cardboard caricatures who are so flat as to be offensive to one-dimensional beings.

Do we really need to hear about “FBI Special Agent Kim Otto,” written in that formal sense, over and over again? No. The banter between Otto and Gaspar is ridiculously inept. NO ONE talks like that. Even the characters would get tired of it if not forced into this tripe by the author. Plot holes and drastic leaps of blind and stupid faith are required. Oh, minor pet peeve: there is no determination between chapters other than “well, looks like 2.5-5 pages! Time for a new chapter!” They literally happen mid-conversation. Why? No conceivably logical or useful reason.

And please stop saying “Otto looked at her Seiko.” Why name-drop that watch? Continually? And why is every upscale neighborhood (or even appearance in later books) ALWAYS referred to as “tony”? Dear author, expand your vocabulary and stop falling back on cheap gimmicks.

I enjoy the Jack Reacher series. I wonder what Lee Child was thinking when he agreed to this. This series, however, is a blight on the opus that is Jack Reacher. The only reason I keep reading it is because I want to see how it slides into the REAL Jack Reacher books, which is—I suspect—why other people also read this crap, painfully inflating sales and ratings beyond what this author should naturally receive.

So I’ll end with a couple of questions:
* Who the hell edited these books? They should be fired. And banned from the industry. Twice.
* What kind of blackmail material does this author have on Lee Child? This cannot stand.
* I seriously question the publishing house that put this out. Unless they were simply cashing in on the Jack Reacher universe, which would make sense if they were. But this is like comparing one of the top films of all time to the lowest-rent public television broadcast done by two drunk friends who secretly hate each other but only do the public television to outdo the other one. And they’re both illiterate.

[Lynn Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book I've read by this author in her apparently sanctioned (by Lee Child) "looking for Jack Reacher" series of books. The FBI agent characters, Otto and Gaspar, are beginning to round out as we learn more of their history and their lives. Both characters, especially Otto, have some pointy bits but are basically worthwhile people to spend time with.

However, I'm getting a bit weary of the secretive, untouchable Powers That Be who jerk the agents around in some kind of behind-the-scenes competition to 1) find Jack Reacher; 2) kill Jack Reacher; or 3) some of each. I find it unlikely that actual FBI agents would willingly accept being thrashed all around the county/world nearly at random, with so little idea of what their superiors actually want with the target. Are agents really so afraid of being terminated at any moment without cause?

I suppose a great deal of these books are to do with the repercussions that Jack Reacher's high, wide and handsome style leaves behind in the lives of those he encounters. After all, many if not most of the Reacher books follow the "boy comes to town, boy gets hassled or discovers nefarious activity, boy meets intriguing woman, boy gets laid, boy decimates the bad guys and changes the entire dynamic of town without regard to consequences, boy hitchhikes on his way." So an exploration of the actual aftereffects is interesting, except that 20 years later, just *coincidentally* more people die, more crimes are uncovered, and the FBI agents are there to witness it, sometimes participate, and then they too, leave without regard to what they've wrought.

I'm starting to get a "Finding Bigfoot" vibe here. In order for this series to continue to work, Jack Reacher must not be found. He can lurk, and *maybe* be spotted in the shadows, but must never be found. However the writing style is smooth, quite readable, and other than the quibbles about FBI behavior, generally believable. I will probably pick up the next book in the series, but not right away.

[Bill Kuhlemeier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a big fan of the Lee Child books with the larger than life character Jack Reacher (who should never of been played by Tom Cruise in a movie). I have my calendar marked with the date of his next book release this Sept 8. Diane Capri's new book, Jack and Joe, helped fill the void while waiting for the Child book to come out. In this latest adventure of the continuing saga of FBI agents Otto and Gaspar, they continue to search for Jack Reacher in an attempt to vet him for a classified assignment for the FBI. They continue to get ensnarled with murder, mystery and mayhem related to their target. In this story, a recent murder that relates to events 20 years ago involving Reacher keeps them progressing on the long trail towards the truth about Reacher. It continues to be both interesting AND frustrating seeing how an outsider (Otto and Gaspar) could see Reacher as something other than the hero that he really is. This, like the other Otto/Gaspar, stories was an enjoyable read. I look forward to future episodes of this adventure. A note to the author: you cannot leave your audience frustrated forever, at some point this adventure needs to come to a conclusion!

[Icy_Space_Cobwebs · Rating 5 out of 5]

REVIEW: JACK AND JOE by Diane Capri [THE HUNT FOR REACHER #6]

When I read, I want the story to take me away; I want to be part of it. I want my particular environs to "fade" while my total concentration focuses on the book. JACK AND JOE gave me exactly that! I've been a fan of Lee Child's Jack Reacher Series for some years (and a fan of Reacher), and Diane Capri' s series, THE HUNT FOR REACHER) intensifies my delight.

FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are assigned to a special covert unit under "Boss," a figure with some of the original aura of J. Edgar Hoover and apparent near-omniscience. He has assigned them to locate Jack Reacher, a former U.S. Army Major who has been totally off the grid for decades. Why the Boss wants him located, Gaspar and Otto are clueless. But while they hunt, the reader is treated to an expanding backstory on the elusive and one-of-a-kind Reacher.

[Ted · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading the book! While being fast-paced, it's great to see FBI
special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar back on the trail searching for the elusive Jack Reacher. It is hard to find someone who has remained off the grid for the past 15 years. Special Agent Otto begins this leg of the journey flying solo. Col. Eurnice Summer, who served under Jack Reacher, fails to show for her inteview appointment with Otto. Special Agent Carlos Gaspar is sent to join Otto as they try tracing Jack Reacher through his older brother, Joe. It's complicated because Joe has been dead for a number of years. They do learn that Jack was not well liked nor was he popular. He was respected. He could turn deadly violent quickly when provoked. Women were particularly loyal to him. The investigation morphs into the quagmire of a military corruption scandal. Follow Otto and Gaspar as they dig through the muck!

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Received an advance copy from the author. I really like this series, as it looks at a favorite character from a very different point of view. Agents Otto and Gaspar are not given all of the data, and have formed an opinion of Jack Reacher that is quite at odds with that of most of Lee Child's longtime readers. Another installment in the Hunt for Reacher series that does continues to fill in Reacher's backstory. Jack and Joe gives more information about the brothers' relationship, as well as working well as it's own suspense novel. 4.5 stars, only shortcomings were several clues that the author provided, then did not explain or wrap up by the end of the novel. It would be quite interesting to see the characters from both series meet at a future point, and I hope that Otto and Gaspar can have their opinions changed.

[Tulay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay read.

Bought this book , because read all others in this series, but will think twice before I buy the next one. So many twists, corruption in the military as well as in the FBI and government. Someone needs to tell Otto how dangerous it is to take those anti acid medicine, needs to make changes to her diet. Three star rating little to much.

[alice Tileston · Rating 5 out of 5]

started reading yesterday. just finished. I couldn't put it down. it feels like Otto and Gaspar are family. still looking for Reached and finding other problems instead. I think I've read all of Lee Childs Reacher novels, and Dianes novels are a wonderful tie in to continuing Reachers life.

[Jen Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick Reacher read. This one was fun as I’m familiar with Tampa. Also, fun with Gaspar being there, Gasparilla and all.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am still puzzled by this series of books. I love the Lee Child Jack Reacher series. This series runs parallel with the Reacher books, but it is years later and FBI agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are once again on the chase to find Reacher. This time they are sent to Fort Bird, North Caroline where Jack Reacher served briefly as part of the 110th after which he got demoted after uncovering some wrongdoing by higherups. The Reacher book that tells the story is "The Enemy" from 1990.

One of the problems that I have with this series is it's been so long since I read the corresponding Reacher book, I can't really remember what happened. Maybe I would look at them differently if I read them back to back, but I don't always have time to do that.

Anyway, Otto gets caught up in a current day investigation as usual when the party she is meeting suddenly dies in a crash on the way to the meeting. There is obviously more going on here as usual. So these books aren't bad. I just think more frustrating than anything. There are references to the prior Reacher book and some memories come back, but not enough to make me really enjoy these books to the max.

[Bob Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third in the series about two FBI agents sent on an assignment to "build a file" on the elusive Jack Reacher. In this tale, the two agents are separated for the first time in the series. They reunite by mid story but it give an opportunity to learn more about Otto, the female partner. The story focuses more on Joe Reacher, Jack's brother, and fleshes out his back story.

There's a lot of ground retold in the first 100 pages, to catch up readers who didn't read the prior books. Its understandable, but a little irritating to re-read for the third time. I hope Capri figures our some way to avoid that in future stories. Once you get beyond those pages, there's a nice little mystery buried in there.
The quality of the first two stories is maintained. I'm looking forward to reading the next one.

[Charles A. Arceneaux · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting Story!

This brought back memories of reading the story, "The Enemy: a Jack Reacher Novel!" I realize that after reading this story, Reacher left a firestorm of bad feeling when he left his post at Fort Bird! Working through the details of this particular case was a great piece of detective work on behalf of the character, Kim Otto! While reading this story I was trying to put the bread crumbs together to see where they were leading to but couldn't do it until near the end. This story was a head scatcher till the very end. My hat is off to the author, great story!

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one had me guessing...not gonna lie.

The end reveal did make me somewhat question my attention to detail, however, not fully.

These stories are an elegant twist to the narrative that Child's paints of Reacher's persona and engagement in the world that does him wrong in the Child's books. Reacher is STILL a good guy, whose actions to 'do right' in the world would, inevitably, cross people poorly.

It's still not his fault that those people bit off far more than they could chew.

I like to see both Gaspar and Otto start to question their overall perspective of "who" Reacher actually is, and, begin to question that fuck Cooper more and more.

I'm diggin' the developements....

[Harry · Rating 3 out of 5]

As part of the Jack Reacher Universe, as the film companies call these spin offs, this is well worth a read even though the great man doesn't appear in them. Nice easy reading on my daily train commute. Maybe, just maybe, there's a glimpse of him though? This is the sixth book in the series and I've also read the fifth so they don't seem to need to be read in sequence as each one is a stand alone tale, much like the Lee Child books.

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's only one reason to read Diane Capri's Hunt for Reacher books, and that is Jack Reacher. Honestly, if the stories were about FBI agents hunting a mysterious character we never heard of before, who would read them?

So does Capri scratch the Reacher itch? A little, and I'll probably try another in the series. This one started off strong, but by the end it felt flat and formulaic. I didn't much like FBI Special Agent Otto, her partner, or her supernaturally-aware boss. Actually I didn't like any of the characters in this novel, except maybe Joe Reacher's ex-wife.

Like I said, I'll probably try another one. If my feeling persists ... that the series is a cynical ripoff of Lee Childs' work ... I'll stop there. And now I sound just like an alcoholic saying he can quit whenever he wants.

[Karla Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

I am reading these way out of order, but it doesn't seem to matter much. The characters are as I remember in the Lee Child novels, but written in a totally different scenario. Kim Otto is the most intelligent FBI agent I have ever read. Somehow, with her quick wit, deductive skills and reasoning, she always gets it done. Meanwhile, her target, Jack Reacher, remains elusive. These books are very well done. This must be my 10th. I have loved them all!

[Lana Mccall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack?

Oh, you mean Reacher, Jack Reacher. Where is he? Is he hiding? Is he paranoid?
Where is Reacher? No one knows. Is he hiding? No, he just likes to travel and experiencing new things. Is he paranoid? What are you nuts? Have you any of his novels? Reacher is as far from paranoid as Florida to China.
Agents Otto and Gaspar have no clue who Reacher is but if they keep looking they might find out.

[Tracie Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read these because I am a fan of Jack Reacher (the books, definitely NOT the movie version!) even though he is not actually in her books. I think the author has a good story line, but I'm starting to get annoyed at the cloak and dagger of "the Boss", and in this book, it felt like the author stretched to include a reference to Reacher at every possible opportunity, rather than letting the story line develop. I guess that's the point, though.

[Anon O. Mous · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of the first seven "Hunt For Jack Reacher" stories, this is my favorite. Much better written, and aside from the few references to Agent Otto's Seiko watch, the references to several name brands were removed.

In this series, this is the author's first foray using the "first person" narrative, telling the story from Agent Otto's perspective, which I found refreshing. I can only hope that the stories stay at this caliber or better.

[Carol Walls · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very scattered. Disappointing characters with a confusing storyline. If you like Reacher books don't buy this one

It was confusing and messy. The characters were not well developed and didn't seem to have anything to do with Reacher other than an excuse to get his readers to buy this book. Not a good read.

[John Schwartz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not know Diane Capri as a writer . Lee Child's novel with Jack Joe and Summer got me hooked on the characters a d when I assOciate's book pi kin

Up where they left I wanted to find out.. The story intrigued me. I had hoped to see Jack's shadow. There was a bit too much "investigating". I found the suicides a bit contrived and "the Boss" a bit unreal.

[Jack Burkhalter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Capri delivers another fast paced thriller !

As readers know, Capri's stories are cast in the Reacher Universe, but her two characters, Otto & Gaspar, are so well developed that the reader knows them as well as they know Jack Reacher. "Jack & Joe" has the two FBI Agents unravel a corruption case no one else cold. The pace is nonstop. I loved it.

[Mala Ashok · Rating 3 out of 5]

Author Diane Capri is making a valiant attempt to create some Reacher magic using Lee Child's character. Here FBI agents Kim Otto and Carlos Caspar try to solve the mystery of some murders which supposedly have something to do with Reacher. It's interesting but nowhere near as exciting as the Reacher books.

[Joseph S Gerrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brothers love

Do you know Jack? You will have a better understanding after this.
The brothers Reacher bond was stronger than agents Otto and Harper could understand. Their loyalty to each other, friends, and colleagues is the stuff of Legend
Action and suspense abound! Making a good tale and a quick read.

[Mary Forster · Rating 3 out of 5]

Confusion

I am still not totally sold on this version of Jack Reacher, but the main characters are growing on me. I cannot help but wonder how many books can be written in the hunt for Jack Teacher without him ever appearing in the stories.