Jack Reacher Lee Child Killing Floor

But not content with writing a rip roaring thriller child also gives us one of the truly memorable tough guy heroes in recent fiction.

Jack reacher lee child killing floor.

For want of nothing better to do reacher stops off in a small town as a famous blues singer was reputed to have died there. Killing floor is the debut novel by lee child first published in 1997 by putnam. Reacher has deduction skills sherlock holmes would respect and is such an expert in the art of war that it makes him a perfect modern day superhero in the terrible modern day world he finds himself returning. It is written in the first person.

Killing floor jack reacher 1 ex military policeman jack reacher is a drifter. Violent addictive complex unpredictable and personal. Trained to think fast and act faster with an eye for the women he is truly every thinking reader s perfect action hero. Jack reacher jeffery deaver a big rangy plot menace as palpable as a ticking bomb and enough battered corpses to make an undertaker grin.

James dover grant cbe born 29 october 1954 primarily known by his pen name lee child is a british author who writes thriller novels and is best known for his jack reacher novel series. Number one bestseller lee child s very first novel which introduced his iconic character jack reacher killing floor introduces jack reacher the tough ex military cop of no fixed abode. He s just passing through margrave georgia and in less than an hour he s arrested for murder. I ve avoided this genre for years as there are a dozen guys out there writing this type of fiction.

First published in 1997 by putnam the book won the anthony award and barry award for best first novel. Considering that it s been 20 years since lee child s first jack reacher novel killing floor was published i acknowledge i m late to the party with this review. Killing floor does present a less refined reacher but also reminds us that some basic themes town in the middle of nowhere a secret an attractive lady cop started from book one. The book won the anthony award and barry award for best first novel.

The books follow the adventures of a former american military policeman jack reacher who wanders the united states his first novel killing floor 1997 won both the anthony award and the barry award. Killing floor is the debut novel in the jack reacher series written by lee child. Lee child s killing floor is one of them. Not much of a welcome.