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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, Bk 1)
 
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, Bk 1)
Author: Lee Child

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Publisher: Jove
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780515141429 - ISBN-10: 0515141429
Publication Date: 4/25/2006
Pages: 432

Book Description:
Welcome to Margrave, Georgia—-but don't get too attached to the townsfolk, who are either in on a giant conspiracy, or hurtling toward violent deaths, or both.

There's not much of a welcome for Jack Reacher, a casualty of the Army's peace dividend who's drifted into town idly looking for traces of a long dead black jazzman. Not only do the local cops arrest him for murder, but the chief of police turns eyewitness to place him on the scene, even though Reacher was getting on a bus in Tampa at the time. Two surprises follow: The murdered man wasn't the only victim, and he was Reacher's brother whom he hadn't seen in seven years. So Reacher, who so far hasn't had anything personal against the crooks who set him up for a weekend in the state pen at Warburton, clicks into overdrive.

Banking on the help of the only two people in Margrave he can trust—-a Harvard-educated chief of detectives who hasn't been on the job long enough to be on the take, and a smart, scrappy officer who's taken him to her bed—-he sets out methodically in his brother's footsteps, trying to figure out why his cellmate in Warburton, a panicky banker whose cell-phone number turned up in Joe's shoe, confessed to a murder he obviously didn't commit; trying to figure out why all the out-of-towners on Joe's list of recent contacts were as dead as he was; and trying to stop the local carnage or at least direct it in more positive ways.

Winner of the 1998 Barry Award for Best First Novel, awarded by Deadly Pleasures magazine.

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Charlotte D. (dealhuntress) wrote on 8/14/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Lee Child has an amazing talent for presenting an incredible story in a series while allowing each book to stand alone. One will not ruin another. This book gave quite a bit of background information on Reacher while spinning a good tale. Reacher seems to always land himself in the middle of some wild, beyond the imagination, yet plausible situations. He handles the situations in a way that can be brutal but always in favor of the "good guys." When a villian gets what is coming to him (and maybe a little extra just because Reacher can), I always think a silent victorious, "YES!" Child gives us all of that while allowing Reacher to have a little romance on the side as well.

Maryanne M. wrote on 10/7/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Love all Lee Child's novels. Reacher, the drifter was just passing through Margrave, GA. In less than an hour he's arrested for murder and embroiled in clearing himself, finding the real killer and getting the ..... heck out of that town. Terrific thriller.

Deborah T. (indigodeb) wrote on 7/28/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

In this novel Jack Reacher finds himself passing through Margrave, Georgia and in less than an hour is arrested for murder. After a short stay in jail he convinces the officials that he is innocent and decides to stay and help them figure out who did it. This book kept me guessing all the way through it and it was hard to put down.


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Sandy P. (kandrah) wrote on 11/6/2009...


I loved this book and recommended it to several people, it was one I could not put down!

Colette B. (gracy66) wrote on 11/4/2009...


Good Book!

Bonnie W. wrote on 10/12/2009...


Good book, losts of twist. I think men would like this book better than I did.

Chris K. (jonnylongball) wrote on 9/2/2009...


Terrific. This is the new author's introduction to a very intriguing character, Jack Reacher. Reacher is a mystery man; a wanderer. That's very appealing to all of us with a wanderlust. The prison scene is highly entertaining. I like the way the author explains the reasoning the character uses before acting. The coincidence of Reacher stumbling into the very town where his brother was killed the night before is most unbelievable. I think the author needed to find a way to keep an indifferent Jack Reacher involved in the unravelling plot. Likewise, how he detatches Reacher from his main squeeze is a little messy. That's ok, it launches the whole series.

Matthew T. wrote on 8/11/2009...


Good Book. Everything I would expect from Lee Child.

David & Elaine H. (David254) wrote on 8/5/2009...


good read

Alan A. wrote on 7/24/2009...


Great read...grabs you right from the start. Like all of Lee Childs' books, action from start to finish!!!

Crystal B. (Sunshine) wrote on 7/8/2009...


My first Jack Reacher book and I am hooked!! Can't wait to read the next one.

MIKE H. wrote on 2/18/2009...


JACK REACHER NOVEL THAT JUST DOES NOT STOP. STARTS WIDE OPEN AND ENDS THE SAME WAY.

Stephanie S. (punkinema) wrote on 12/4/2008...


Although I love mysteries and thrillers, this book was just too graphic in its details of violence. I couldn't finish it so my rating is not entirely fair. Really, it is just me and there are lots of people who would love this.


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