Killing Floor: (Jack Reacher 1)

by Lee Child
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Lee Child's first thriller, introducing his popular hero Jack Reacher.

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Margrave is a no-account little town in the Georgia Sunbelt. The busiest it ever gets is at the end of ther schoolday. But there's something strange about Margrave: it's completely perfect. So perfect, it's frightening. The lawns are like velvet and the trees look like they've just had a manicure. And from the laid-back barbershop to Eno's state-of-the-art diner, the local businesses thrive without customers.When drifter and ex-military policeman Jack Reacher hits town, he plans to be gone by Monday. But before then Margrave has its first recorded homicide in thirty years. As the only stranger in town the murder is pinned on Reacher. And so begins his nightmare 'starting with a weekend on the killing floor among the jailhouse lifers.If long-lost kin and a long-dead guitar hero could tell tales, Reacher would know just what kind of big operation he's walked into. But as the nasty secrets of the lethal conspiracy that keeps the whole town ticking starts to leak out, the body count mounts. And the killing turns into an epidemic.Action-packed, fast moving and gritty, Killing Floor is a tautly plotted thriller by an outstanding British talent.

Editorial Reviews

"At least as good as any of Grisham's." - Cork Examiner

"Stunningly dynamic" - Daily Mail

"The best thriller I've read in years" - New Statesman

"All [Jack Reacher novels] are ripping yarns, but since this is the first, it seems the logical place to start...Killing Floor wins awards for Best Corrupt Southern Town in a Summer Novel and Best Exploding Warehouse" - Stephen King (in Entertainment Weekly)

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