Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, Bk 18)

Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, Bk 18)
reviewed on + 988 more book reviews


Never go back -- but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. . . . -- Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had. Reacher is there to meet, in person, the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone.

But it isn't Turner behind the CO's desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with serious criminal consequences, and one too personal to even think about. When threatened, you can run or fight. Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C. Metro police, and four unidentified thugs.

Reacher gets put through his paces -- and that makes him question who he is, what he's done, and the very future of his untethered life on the open road.