Killing Floor by Lee Child

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.

Read again in preparation for the new series. The one without Tom Cruise.

A good thriller from Lee Child introducing Jack Reacher but somewhere it lacks the punch. The storyline is little predictive. I feel that successive Jack Reacher novels are more polished than this. Anyways it is still a goodread and you will enjoy it.

One of the best Reachers

My dad has been in hospital the past few weeks and had been listening to some audio books as a way to pass the long hours, and whilst preparing this first Jack Reacher book on his MP3 player it reminded me that I still had to give Lee Child's hero a try.

So initially I started off the book a little more slowly than I'd hoped, I kind of limped through the first few chapters. I picked it up and put it down, picked it up again and read a little then stalled again. Then suddenly around Chapter 5 something happened and suddenly Mr Reacher & I just clicked.

From that point on I was hooked, the book just pulled me in and the storyline moved up into a higher gear. The story of a man shot in a small town and a drifter passing through conveniently having the blame pinned on him began to shift and change, links began to fall into place and a real conspiracy began to take shape.

This was a whole different book to that of James Patterson who is the king of short snappy chapters to keep you guessing. Child instead weaves a more sophisticated story, long leisurely chapters designed to pull you in deeper. His writing and hero seemed more intelligent, more gritty than those of Mr Patterson.

I'm definitely feeling book withdrawal symptoms now this book has finished and as my dad spends even more time in hospital I know he'll love having the next few Reacher adventures to pass the time. I'm absolutely certain it won't be long till I dive into another story with Mr Jack Reacher.