Final Second

A Grant Fletcher Thriller, Book 2

By: John Ryder

Narrated by: Nick Landrum

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

“Step aside Jack Reacher, there is a new action hero in town and his name is Grant Fletcher!” (Once upon a Time Book Blog)

Sometimes it takes a stranger to find a killer....

In a small farming town in rural Wisconsin - where generations of families have lived in peace for decades - no one expects trouble to come calling. 

But then a farmer’s beautiful young wife is found brutally murdered, with a chilling calling card that suggests she’s just the first victim of a serial killer. And the FBI elects not to send one of their own. Instead they send a stranger to town - former Royal Marine turned mercenary Grant Fletcher. And they’re giving him no choice. Find the killer. Because we know what you’ve done. 

With the threat of the executioner’s chair hanging over him, Fletcher finds himself in an impossible situation - and a race against time. Catch a murderer whose killings are escalating with every day that passes. Or face certain death....

Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, and David Baldacci’s Amos Decker will love the Grant Fletcher series. 

©2020 John Ryder (P)2020 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

It is different!

I read the first book of the series entitled First Shot. Fletcher is a different kind of character. He’s not one that wants to kill at the drop of a hat. He wants to use his military training in a legal way. He gets in a lot of fights and seems to be very intellectual. The first book was good. This book Final Second is a great continuation of the success of the first book. I recommend it highly. The overall story is good. The narrator is excellent.

2nd Book, 2nd Place

enjoyed this but, the first book in the series was so good ,,,,hope #3 measures up.

Most boring narrator I ever listened to!!

The narrator is boring!! Literally puts you to sleep!! Please find another narrator please!! Good storyline

It could be worse

Not the narrator for me. He could make sex boring. Story was worse, D-. Skip this one. Robert Bidinotto much better. Any Orphan X really superior to this. Thomas Perry or Jack Carr out of this author's league.

Hoping for a Jack reacher variant. Dashed.

Not enough action, too much talking about detail that is trivia and not informative or relevant.
The character is not ruthless enough, he has too many sensibilities that limit him. He's like a politically correct, woke, Jack reacher. Not a good mix at all, this makes his actions annoyingly hesitant and irritatingly causes him to lose his advantages.
I.e. in one desperate situation not snapping a neck, or another when just few feet behind a serial killer, not just shooting.
All the talk of being a tough guy, and trained fighter. Just isn't born out. The Grant character is frequently too close to losing fights and this with distinctly normal people.
The first book was hard, going but i thought the writer would let the character grow and develop. Unfortunately the second book was much the same.
Finally the plot is too obvious, no real mystery. All of this just emphasises to me how good Lee Child actually is as an author.

Great 2nd book!

What a fantastic and gripping listen I could not stop and very well narrated, let's hope the series continues..