Without Fail

In this sixth Jack Reacher novel, a Secret Service agent asks Reacher to probe the weaknesses in the vice president’s security arrangements. The exercise takes on a different urgency when a covert group is also targeting the vice president. The setup brings together protective detail, threat assessment, and a concealed plot, with Reacher positioned between a system under scrutiny and a real danger it may not be prepared to stop. The White House setting and the focus on security give the thriller a political dimension, while the description keeps the central tension on whether the planned protection can account for an adversary operating in secret.