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One Shot (Jack Reacher) Mass Market Paperback – November 6, 2012
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“Electrifying . . . This series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me.
And sure enough, ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooter—a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not right—and soon the slam-dunk case explodes.
Now Reacher is teamed with a beautiful young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. Reacher knows that no two opponents are created equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunning—and then beat him shot for shot.
“Pulse-pounding action.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Compelling, furiously paced.”—Los Angeles Times
“Crackles with excitement.”—St. Petersburg Times
“Pure adrenaline, from its well-constructed setup to its explosive, unforgettable finale.”—The Miami Herald
- Print length485 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDell
- Publication dateNovember 6, 2012
- Dimensions4.23 x 1.1 x 7.49 inches
- ISBN-100345538196
- ISBN-13978-0345538192
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- Publisher : Dell (November 6, 2012)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 485 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0345538196
- ISBN-13 : 978-0345538192
- Item Weight : 9.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.23 x 1.1 x 7.49 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #779,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,856 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts
- #5,094 in TV, Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction
- #6,590 in Serial Killer Thrillers
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About the author

Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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I mean the plot is tight and fast moving with a great plot, great characters and dialogue, and each scene is extremely easy to see with Tom Cruise playing the part.
This was by far the best Reacher I've read so far. So good that I immediately went out and bought the 2012 movie.
Lee Child is extremely talented, and nothing shows it more than this book.
A good read, establishes Jack Reacher as a Stallone/Schwartzenegger/Bond-like action hero.
Having seen the movies prior to reading the books, I thought the screenplays improved on the book versions, but the plots differed slightly and I enjoyed the novels equally well, didn’t consider them as time wasted.
Reacher is very likeable, and a rare combination of brains and brawn, doing what he wants, when and where he wants, and beholden to no one.
A fun read.
There are a lot of differences between the movie and the novel. I mean, the basic story of the book is in the film. But the film is missing some sequences from the book. There are also sequences in the film that weren't in the novel. In the novel, you get characters that were left out of the movie (the supposed shooter's sister, the TV reporter, and the Brigadier General...). Plus the ending is different... it happens at the Zec's house... not at the Quarry. And Reacher gets to talk to the supposed shooter in the novel...not in the film. And the Zec's fate is different in the novel... interesting, right?
The film is great... I really liked it. And it got me to discover Reacher. Admittedly, there's no way a 400 page book can be completely represented in an hour and a half movie. The filmmakers did a great job of capturing the allure of Reacher. But let's not forget: the books are always better!
In the book, I really liked the dialogue between Reacher and the gun range owner. I laughed out loud at their discussions.
So if you've seen the film, it's still definitely worthwhile to read the novel. I highly recommend it.
My only real gripes were that Child describes a revolver as loaded with "Smith and Wesson .38 Specials" (I was pretty sure S&W doesn't make their own branded ammo, and it turns out that although they did a few decades ago, they don't now. The point is, it made me stop, which is not generally desirable); he has a bad guy using a "sawn-off" Benelli Nova Pump (I'll have to look it up, but the only Novas I've seen have synthetic furniture and trying to saw off a plastic stock would be ridiculous); and he misunderstands the differences between night vision and thermal imaging.
I can see why the series is so popular. If I didn't have a steamer trunk's worth of books to read already, I'd start at the beginning and work through the series until I got bored. So there you go.
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GET JACK REACHER FOR ME.
Upon hearing this Jack Reacher knows he cannot ignore it, and so he heads for James Barr's location, but not to help him, to provide evidence AGAINST him, for as Reacher knows, James Barr has done this before.
But when Reacher gets to his destination he realises that although the evidence against James Barr is overwhelming, there are still something's that don't add up.
And so, with the help of Barr's attorney, a former police officer turned private investigator and Barr's sister Reacher investigates.
If like me you've seen the film before reading the book, then don't expect many things to be the same, but don't let that deter you from reading the book, the storyline is the same. To me it's a great film and a great book, worth 5🌟.
The story without giving too much away. A lone sniper kills five people during rush hour. The police manage to solve the case extremely quickly, the captured man just has one request he wants Jack Reacher. They have not met for 14 year, and given the circumstances of their last meeting Jack Reacher should be the last person James Barr should want anywhere around. The first problem with that is you don't find Jack Reacher unless he wants to be found. Luckily or unluckily he has unfinished business with Barr. What follows is a thrilling investigation in to a case that as far as the police are concerned is closed. Reacher's style of investigating is more nose to the grindstone, interviews/interrogations, and deduction rather than computer analysis, which I have to say I prefer. There is not as much action in this book as I expected maybe that will change in the movie version.
Really good book making use of technology and good old detective skill. By the end of the book I wanted it to be longer. I will definitely read another Lee Child's book, just got to decide which one.








