Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel
Lee Child & Andrew Child · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Scott Brick (Random House Audio, US edition, released November 11, 2025); a UK Audible edition is narrated by Jeff Harding
59/100
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This is book thirty in the Reacher line, and it shows — the smuggling-conspiracy plot is complex enough, but some threads never quite tie off, and reviewers feel Reacher's usual sharp edge is a bit muted here. Scott Brick is a dependable, veteran thriller narrator, so the audio production itself holds up fine. Completists will still enjoy it, but it's not the entry point for new readers.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Scott Brick, a veteran thriller narrator, voices the US edition; note the UK Audible edition uses a different narrator, Jeff Harding.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety62
Substance / usefulness52
Craft & writing62
Originality42
Evidence & accuracy64
Hype vs delivers58
Age-fit62
Human-eye read64
Penny’s verdict59
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