One Shot (Jack Reacher) [Hardcover]

Lee Child's Jack Reacher thrillers always have remarkably inventive setups, and One Shot is true to form. A sniper, Barr, kills five people with six shots and leaves a clear trail of evidence; arrested, he asks for Reacher. When Reacher was a military policeman, politics stopped him pursuing Barr--he cannot understand why Barr would ask for him and Barr has been beaten in jail until he cannot remember himself. Yet, for Reacher, the loner who looks at things differently from civilians, the story does not add up--Barr should not have got himself caught, should not even have fired from where he did.

Child is a master of the perverse solution to the set of questions no-one ever asked in quite that way before, and the macho yet sensitive Reacher is one of the more interesting series characters in thrillers. One Shot is a smart set of puzzles which strings the reader along to false conclusions and a sense of real danger. It also, like its hero, has a heart. --Roz Kaveney

'fast-moving dialogue and gripping action sequences...the excitement lasts from the first to the final page'

'Reacher sees justice done while kicking commendable amounts of ass...Intricate plotting makes for an engrossing read.'

'First-rate thriller with the imperturbable Reacher meting out his brand of justice to the villains.'

'Fast-moving dialogue and gripping action sequences...The excitement lasts from the first to the final page.'

'Hugely exciting, and knowledgeable about weapons and technology...A powerful sense of right and wrong.'

'One of the genre's finest practitioners.'

'Hot, indomitable...pure, escapist gold.'

A lone gunman unleashes pandemonium when he shoots into a crowd of people in a public plaza in Indiana. Five people are killed in cold blood, shot through the head. But he leaves a perfect trail of evidence behind him, and soon the local police chief tracks him down. After his arrest, the shooter's only words are, 'Get Jack Reacher for me.' What could possibly connect this psychopath and the wandering dropout ex army cop? Critics call Lee Child's thriller series 'addictive', so here is our annual, much-longed for, Reacher fix

The new Jack Reacher audiobookfrom bestselling author Lee Child --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

A lone gunman hides in a parking garage and shoots into a crowd in a public plaza in a small Indiana city. Five random people die in a senseless massacre. But the shooter leaves a perfect trail behind him and the police quickly track him down. His name is James Barr. It’s a watertight case.

Jack Reacher is working on his tan with a Norwegian blonde on the beach in Miami. He is so cool you could skate on him. But he doesn’t like to stick around. He likes to be on the move. He was in the machine his whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat him out. Now mostly he rocks and sways and dozes on buses, watching the passing scene, observing the chaos of America.

After his arrest, James Barr refuses to talk. Then, to his lawyer, he utters a single phrase: ‘Get Jack Reacher for me.’ What past event connects this obvious psychopath with the wandering ex-army cop? Critics call Lee Child’s bestselling thriller series ‘addictive’. One Shot is sure to get any reader hooked.
‘The thing about Lee Child’s books is that you can’t put the damn things down…there’s just something about his writing that’s addictive . . . Conclusion: Superb.’ Independent on Sunday

LEE CHILD is British but moved with his family from Cumbria to the United States to start a new career as an American thriller writer. His first novel, KILLING FLOOR, won the Anthony Award, and his second, DIE TRYING, won W H Smiths Thumping Good Read Award. His most recent thrillers featuring Jack Reacher, the former US military cop and maverick drifter are TRIPWIRE, THE VISITOR; ECHO BURNING, WITHOUT FAIL and PERSUADER. All have been bestsellers.