Killing Floor
Ratings48
Average rating3.7
Margrave is a no-account little town in Georgia. Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles in the rain, just passing through. An arbitrary decision, a tribute to a guitar player who died there decades before.
But Margrave has just had its first homicide in thirty years. And Reacher is the only stranger in town. So the murder is pinned on him. As nasty secrets leak out and the body count mounts, only one thing is for sure: They picked the wrong guy to take the fall.
Killing Floor introduces Jack Reacher, the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Trained to think fast and act faster, with an eye for the women, he is truly every thinking reader’s perfect action hero.
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29 primary books51 released booksJack Reacher
Jack Reacher is a 51-book series with 29 primary works first released in 2 with contributions by Lee Child, Dick Hill, and Joseph Finder.
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27 primary books42 released booksJack Reacher Chronological Order
Jack Reacher Chronological Order is a 42-book series with 27 primary works first released in 2 with contributions by Lee Child, Dick Hill, and Joseph Finder.
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A really quite brilliant book. The last 200-250 pages are absolutely incredible as more plot twists unfold and the action ramps up. Imagine Jack Reacher as James Bond but with less tech and not working for anybody but himself. Fantastic read. Arguably the best action story I've read so far. On to the remaining 20-odd Reacher books 👌🏼
I really wanted to love this as I'd heard how good the series was and was looking forward to going through them...but! Perhaps the later ones are more nuanced but in this one all the characters seem to have been taken out of the big book of clichés and they felt like they had been written by a 15 year old who'd watched too many action films. I don't mean to be overly harsh but it really disappointed me, especially as the plot was easily predicted with not one surprising turn in the whole thing.
Lots of ‘let me educate you a bit' sidetracks from the main plot slowed down the momentum.
The mystery was nicely complex so you didn't figure it out too soon.
Lots of descriptions that can be pretty gruesome at times.
