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Killing Floor

Lee Child

  • 500 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1997
  • 64 editions
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1 About this book

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell.

  • Private investigators
  • Murder
  • Mystery
  • Thrillers
  • Crime
  • Detectives
  • Mystery & detective, collections & anthologies
  • Thrillers, military

2 What to expect

The first Jack Reacher thriller, told in the first person by Reacher himself. A drifter and former military policeman steps off a bus in a small Georgia town and is soon caught up in a murder case that grows into a larger criminal scheme. It is a fast, violent, plot-driven story with a blunt voice, and it can be read without any earlier book because it begins the series. It is the story of the first season of the TV series Reacher.

Good for readers who want: action thrillers, a tough loner hero, and a small-town mystery.

3 About Lee Child

Born 1954

James Dover Grant (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. 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 the Anthony Award and the 1998 Barry Award for Best First Novel.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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