Jack Reacher: One Shot

from HenriMoreaux

One Shot is the 9th book by publishing order, 11th by chronology. It's one of the better in the series and steps away, albeit slightly, from the maiden in distress formula so often followed in the series. This time around a US Army veteran sniper, Barr, is accused of a mass shooting, a shooting w...

from mikedraper

A gunman kills five people and sets up former Marine, James Barr, for the killings. When questioned, Barr refuses to talk to police. Then he tells his attorney, to get Jack Reacher. Reacher arrives but knows that Barr did kill a number of people during his time in the Marines. Even though the peo...

from EricKibler

The premise: A sniper shoots five people in a plaza in Indianapolis. A veritable mountain of forensic evidence leads to the summary arrest of James Barr. Reacher knows him. He once investigated a similar sniper killing Barr had perpetrated while a soldier in Kuwait City. For various reasons, the ...

from techeditor

If you aren't familiar with Lee Child's books, as I wasn't, you should know that his stories involve Jack Reacher, a former army officer who went to Westpoint, a big man who now, apparently, doesn't own a home, a car, a cell phone, anything. Heck, he even buys clothes, wears them until they're di...

from justabookreader

I rely solely on a co-worker for my Reacher fix. He has many of Child's books and is kind enough to loan them to me on occasion, usually without me asking which is wonderful. This one is a few years old, and since I've read pretty much every single one out of order, that didn't bother me at all. ...