The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz - the second in the Orphan X series. Evan Smoak, trained as an elite assassin, now helps people with nowhere else to turn. But when he's kidnapped by a mysterious group he's the one who needs help. Much of the book is spent with Evan trying ways to escape. I was ready for him to get away and wreak havoc halfway through. A surprising plot twist leads to the next book. Quite a bit of violence.
3 stars
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Night School by Lee Child - in the 21st Jack Reacher novel, the author takes us back to 1996, when Reacher was still an MP. He's just received a medal and then is immediately sent to night school. In other words, buried for deniable plausibility if needed. An overheard conversation has several agencies looking for "the American" who is going to receive a hundred million dollars - for what no one knows. A couple of sex scenes more detailed than previous books (yuck). The usual Reacher level of violence.
4 stars
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A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong - Rockton is a hidden city, a place where people escape their past. But people aren't always who they say they are. In the second Casey Duncan book she and another deputy find a woman who has been held captive in a hole for over a year. She's a resident of Rockton that everyone presumed had died in the wilderness. It looks like there's a serial killer in Rockton when two bodies are found. Or is it one of the people living rough in the woods? I figured this one out too early, which took away some of the suspense. And it was dark. Not as good as the first in the series IMO.
3 stars
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