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Killing Floor :(Jack Reacher 1) - Jack Reacher
Killing Floor :(Jack Reacher 1) - Jack Reacher
paperback
Published:
1 April, 1998
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Description
Killing Floor is the first book in the internationally popular series about Jack Reacher, hero of the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. It presents Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode: a righter of wrongs, the perfect action hero.
Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret.
Reacher is the only stranger in town on the day they have had their first homicide in thirty years.The cops arrest Reacher and the police chief turns eyewitness to place him at the scene. As nasty secrets leak out, and the body count mounts, one thing is for sure.
They picked the wrong guy to take the fall.
Prizes
Winner of Barry Awards: Best First Novel 1998,Winner of Anthony Awards: Best First Novel 1998
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780553505405 |
| ISBN10 | 0553505408 |
| Number Of Pages | 560 |
| Item Weight | 284 g |
| Product Dimensions | 110 x 177 x 32 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
'Great style and careful plotting... Depicted with the kind of detail that builds dread and suspense.' New York Times
'Beautifully detailed action scenes and fascinating arcana about currency and counterfeiting enliven this taut and tough-minded first novel... Child writes with a hand as strong and steady as steel.' Publishers' Weekly
At least as good as any of Grisham's. * Cork Examiner *
Stunningly dynamic * Daily Mail *
The best thriller I've read in years * New Statesman *
All [Jack Reacher novels] are ripping yarns, but since this is the first, it seems the logical place to start...Killing Floor wins awards for Best Corrupt Southern Town in a Summer Novel and Best Exploding Warehouse * Stephen King (in Entertainment Weekly) *
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Author's Bio
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world, and are published in over one hundred territories. He is the recipient of many prizes, most recently the CWA’s Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction.
Jack Reacher, the first Jack Reacher movie starring Tom Cruise, was based on the novel One Shot, and the second is Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.