In Too Deep by Lee and Andrew Child

 I read this from March thru April 4.  The newest Reacher novel, though it was not my favorite.  Published in 2024, 324 pages.  Still it is a Reacher novel and I have an addiction to reading all of the Reachers.  The novel opens with Reacher captive and not remembering what happened.  He had hitched a ride and there was an accident, the driver of the car was dead.  Reacher teams up with Jenny Knight, a suspended agent/cop whose father was killed by Zach Kane, the man they are looking for., Meantime other characters with Kane are about to pull their own shenanigan's, Vidic who rescued Reacher from the auto accident and his girlfriend Paris who has talent for cracking codes and invading spaces online.    

A few quotes are in keeping with the Reacher character, but the one abouts airports made me smile, I truly agree with it, although it has now been years since I have been in an airport.  Page 270, "Reacher had forgotten how much he disliked airports.  There were people everywhere milling around, stopping for no reason, dawdling aimlessly, dragging unwieldy suitcases.  He suspected that if hell exists, it resembles an eternal trek through the departure hall ."     My PS-- today add the  never ending TSA checkpoints, yuck.  The once great way to travel is tiresome, too many people, too many cheap tickets.  

Pg 270 ends with interesting revelations about the fear of the unknown and comparison of use of Nukes to other methods of death/war.."He had no reason to believe he was wrong.  But no evidence that he was right.  That seemed appropriate, in a way.  Nuclear weapons always seem to conjure fear and paranoia in people.  The rational part of Reacher's brain found that hard to understand.  Only two had ever been used in anger.  Fewer people had been killed by both of them combined than had died in many bombings during World War II.  .Or had starved and frozen in Leningrad.  Or had been murdered after the siege of Nanjing.  Or starved in Stalin's famines.  He figured the reaction came from the unknown.  The danger of dying, years later of some hideous disease you had no idea that you were incubating."    Pg 271, " Reacher didn't share that fear, but he  did feel some unease.  For him, it came down to the risk of human error.  And the consequences."  

And page 272, fully aligned with the Reacher characteristic of minimalism,  as he and Knight   approached the area where passengers picked up their baggage.  He questioned  how people could pick up the wrong luggage,  "Surely people know what  their luggage looks like."  Knight said," It happens all the time.  A lot of bags look similar.  Some are identical.  That's why some people attach colored straps or bright ribbons.  To make their things easier to identify.  Plus people could be tired after a long flight.  Or stupid.  Or careless."   Reacher shrugged.  It seemed to him like another reason to avoid getting bogged down by possessions."  

There is a twist by Vidic and Paris towards the end just as it appeared all was resolved.  So 4**** for this one