Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Light It Up by Nick Petrie

Rating: WARTY!

So here's my question: Could you possibly have come up with a more cliched title? I don't think so, but I'm open to options here. "When a tightly executed hijacking threatens a family friend’s business, combat veteran Peter agrees to get involved — but the ramifications could be deadly…" Peter Ash is the purported hero here. Peter Ash. Seriously? Here's what Lee Child says, "Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petrie’s Peter Ash is the real deal." That tells me to avoid this author like the plague. There's nothing worse than another Jack Reacher round....