What Fiction are you reading this week, January 23, 2022?

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10. I just finished the latest Lee and Andrew Child Reacher book,

Better off Dead. I also read the latest Stephen Hunter book about Bob Lee Swagger, Target. Both were standard fair from the authors, which is to say I quite enjoyed them.

I’m a little concerned these characters are going to age out on their authors. Jack Reacher is near 60, and Bob Lee is in his 70s, as is James Lee Burke’s major character, Dave Robicheaux. That’s getting a little old to believably beat the hell out of people. That may be why Hunter says that his next book will be a flashback to Bob Lee’s father, Earl, in WW II.

I just started Ken Follet’s new novel, Never. So far, my principal impression is that 800 pages in hard cover are a lot heavier than in Kindle.