One Shot (Jack Reacher, No. 9) | Lee Child

One Shot (Jack Reacher, No. 9) | Lee Child | One Shot by Lee Child

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	One Shot (Jack Reacher, No. 9) Lee Child Dell, 2006 - 496 pages average customer review:based on 128 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Can't Put It Down!!

This is my second adventure with Jack Reacher and it has been the best so far. So good that I succumbed and have ordered all of them.

The apparent villian in this book, a former army sniper by the name of James Barr has been arrested and charged with murdering five innocent people as they left work on a Friday afternoon. The arrest comes quickly after the killing. The evidence is overwhelming. They have the rifle, the clothing, the ammunition, the shoes, the vehicle and they can match everything to the crime scene. Even to the point of finding a quarter in the parking meter where the shooter parked with Barr's fingerprint on it. How much more does anyone need?

None as far as the police and the DA go. Barr is not talking when he is grabbed by the police except to say "You've got the wrong guy" and "Get me Jack Reacher."

Reacher is already on the way to Indiana where the shooting took place after hearing about it and Barr's name. However, he is not coming to help Barr. He is coming to see that he is put behind bars forever.

How he gets from that mind set to investigating the many facets of the crime and all the other aspects of what is going on is one great read. It is totally absorbing and very well done.

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One Shot by Lee Child

A man's book. Love all of Lee Child's stories.

It's been a while since I picked up a Jack Reacher novel...

and I'm glad that I did. I read the Killing Floor many years ago and was not impressed. It wasn't bad, but Child did not belong in the same league with many of the other author's in the genre that I enjoyed. 3 stars would be a generous rating for that first novel. First being the operative word. Boy, has Child's writing improved. Full of terrific twists, One Shot is a great page turner with a very well thought out plot. I plan to read the whole series. Highly recommended.

First Shot

I was looking for the new Spenser book in my local bullseye-themed maxi-mart, since I was there anyway and had to kill time while my spouse tried on and retried swimsuits. Shockingly, they didn't have it, but they did have this little jewel by Lee Child.

I had heard of Child, vaguely, but never read him (in fact, I thought he was a woman). But I had read a review or a blurb or a sentence somewhere indicating that the Jack Reacher books were violent bloodbaths and that appealed to me, so I decided to solace myself with "One Shot".

It was good, people. Jack Reacher is just the right combination of sly, smart and impossibly tough. He is Spenser without the smarminess of Susan. He is Phillip Marlowe, only meaner than the streets he walks. He is The Punisher without the stupid costume. He is a can of whoopass.

The plot centers vaguely on a completely unbelievable scenario, a lone sniper killing that unfolds into something more. Once you find out the "more" you may end up shaking your head and saying to yourself "No, that just won't do". But if you wanted crisp, seamless plots you wouldn't be reading men's thrillers, would you? So toss that objection aside and just immerse yourself in the coolness that is Jack Reacher and the writing machine that is Lee Child.

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Not Child's best - but still good enough!

Nobody should pick up a Jack Reacher novel and expect great literature. I might be wrong but I suspect that that isn't Lee Child's purpose. What you get instead is a good dollop of wish-fulfilment, good writing, beautiful, intelligent and feisty females who are either integral to the development of the plot or just along for the ride, and implausible story lines! One shot is no exception - why change a winning formula? In Reacher, Child has created a character who is, perhaps, not quite the guy who every other guy wants to be (and with whom every woman wants to be?), well, at least not permanently. But it might be nice for a couple of weeks to: be able to kick ass as effectively as he does, to never be wrong, to be able, correctly, to second guess all the villains' moves and then to ride off into the sunset with a clear conscience and no dangling strings! But in common with all of its predecessors, and despite the implausibility of the plot, One Shot doesn't last a few days let alone a few weeks, it's a real page-turner. In a genre full of world weary, divorced, alcoholic, guilt ridden cops Reacher is a breathe of fresh air - the closest thing to Casey Ryback outside of the movies!

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