Sam Prichard
The Sam Prichard series are a series of novels by David Archer, Amazon and USA Today’s bestselling author best known for writing a series of suspense thrillers. The first novel in the series was “Grave Man” published in 2015 that went on to achieve significant success, receiving praise both critics and fans of the mystery suspense genre. After “Grave Man” achieved much success, the author went ton to publish several more titles in the still ongoing series. The series of novels and its lead character Sam Prichard in particular have been called the next Jack Reacher, which is quite some achievement. Archer’s lead character is a man with a tendency to walk into situations in which there is no turning back, and making the best of them. Even as the entire premise of the series is nothing original Archer does a very good job of telling the story of Sam a retired cop that needs to get back into the world of investigative work to feel whole again. Even as the Sam Prichard series have been compared to the Jack Reacher series, the temperament of the lead characters is very different. As opposed to Reacher, Sam Prichard is one to settle into a family and get into relationships very quickly. Nonetheless, Archer follows many of the elemental aspects of detective suspense thrillers in by mentally filling in the blanks in creating Sam Prichard who relatable even as he is hard-hitting.