One Shot
The gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author
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4.3 • 378 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Six shots. Five dead.
A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses to talk except for a single phrase:
Get Jack Reacher for me.
Reacher lives off the grid. He's not looking for trouble. But sometimes trouble looks for him. What could connect the noble Reacher to this psychopathic killer?
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Although the Jack Reacher can be read in any order, One Shot is the 9th in the series.
And don’t miss Reacher's newest adventure, No.30, Exit Strategy! ***OUT NOW***
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The final sentence of Child's ninth suspenser (after The Enemy) "Then he could buy a pair of shoes and be just about anywhere before the sun went down" is quintessential Jack Reacher, the rugged ex-army cop who practically defines the word "loner" and kicks ass with the best of 'em. In the book's gripping opening, five people are killed when a shooter opens fire in a small unnamed Indiana city. But when ex-infantry specialist James Barr is apprehended, he refuses to talk, saying only, "Get Jack Reacher for me." But Reacher's already en route; having seen a news story on the shooting, he heads to the scene with disturbing news of his own: " done this before. And once was enough." Nothing is what it seems in the riveting puzzle, as vivid set pieces and rapid-fire dialogue culminate in a slam-bang showdown in the villains' lair. (And what villains: a quintet of Russian migr s, the stuff of everybody's worst nightmares, led by a wily 80-year-old who makes Freddy Krueger look like Little Lord Fauntleroy.) As usual, Child makes the most of Reacher's dry wit, cut-to-the-chase psychology and stubborn taciturnity in short, this is a vintage double play for author and leading man.
Customer Reviews
Stuart
Having read every Reacher novel and being told in each one that Reacher is a massive man, I can't help but feel cheated that the first book to be made into a film has a physical and mental midget in the lead role.
Lee Child has let the lust for money outweigh his credibility and I for one won't be buying any more of his books.More so because his last effort, " A Wanted Man", was in my opinion a boring road trip with little of the action or wit of previous Reacher offerings.
Jack Reacher ...Cruise! ....Big faux pas big time!
I buy quite a few hard copy and online of Jack Reacher books and probably still will but to Lee Child. "Cruise" is not by any length of any stretch of the imagination Jack. He's a midget! you are ruining the mental picture of the tall lean crusader of the road. Sorry agree you sold out.
Cruise, no way.
Cruise can not possibly fill Reachers left boot, in any way.