Meet Joe Logan, Jack Reacher's twin brother !

Meet Joe Logan, Jack Reacher's twin brother !

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582 posts

216 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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So i like Reacher, have all the books in hardback and on kindle. In my quest for nonsense action thrillers whilst waiting a year for a new Reacher (and the last 2 have been poor) i have read lots. In no particular order

Joe Venn (not bad), Nathan Mcbride (not bad), Spider Shepherd (Excellent), Mark Heckenburg (Excellent), John Puller (cant remember lol), Mitch Rapp (Excellent), plus many more

Most have been recommendations from this forum, the last series ive just finished was Matt Barnes by Michael Kerr, excellent series even though all the baddies were very similar, so i thought i would see what else this bloke has wrote. So that brings us to Joe Logan. I dont know who copied who but this bloke and Reacher are so identical it made me laugh

6ft 5 / middle aged - check
Ex Military / police - check
Black coffee - check
Can get to sleep within 1 min and can wake up without an alarm - check
Likes to help anyone in trouble - check
Beats the ste out of everyone whilst saying nonsense - check
Buys crap clothes and dumps old ones in shop - check
Even says "hope for the best, plan for the worst" - check.

Whilst reading last night i thought all that is left for him is too shag the damsel in distress, low and behold next page he has banged her. Its not bad so will continue with the series, and to be fair Lee Child might have copied him

Any other characters that so similar from different authors ?


Levin

2,025 posts

124 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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Going by the publication dates, the first Joe Logan book came out in 2012. The first Reacher novel, Killing Floor, came out in 1997.

If you're looking for fun, fast-paced action-adventure I have to recommend Andy McDermott's stuff. Every one of the books he's come out with, I've enjoyed, but I haven't read the most recent ones (yet).