Not as good as the first book (but then aren’t most origin stories more interesting?) but still not a bad effort. Most of the same elements are here, and it again gave me vibes of Reacher, but also some flashes of Spenser, especially A Catskill Eagle.
Maybe I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first because the main character is for the most part a lone wolf, and that deprives us of the dialog between allies that makes Spenser and Hawk so engaging as protagonists.
The pacing of the book also felt less fluid – there are several big sections and the connections between them were a little abrupt.
But these were entertaining books to read and I am looking forward to the next book in the series.
My next read is What We Can Know by Ian McEwan.
