It's about midday in a small town in Indiana. A lone gunman enters the parking lot and fires into the rush hour crowd, killing five people with six shots. When the killer is found a few days later via an easy trail left for cops to follow, he only says one thing: Get Reacher for me. He then starts proclaiming his innocence.
Jack Reacher, ex-military turned cop, knows not of the man until he sees it on the news, but in a shot he's on a bus to Indiana. With no job and a shrinking savings account, the only thing that leads him to help is his moral convictions and his spotless record for solving crimes in record time.
Of course, it comes to light that this isn't the suspect's first killing. Years ago, he'd been an army sniper in the same unit as Reacher, where he'd gone on a similar killing spree and gotten away with it. Reacher isn't about to let that happen again, and he tries with all his might to make sure the killer stays behind bars...but will he be able to? Only time will tell if his efforts will truly be successful.
Lee Child, penname for British thriller writer Jim Grant, is best known for writing the Killing Floor series, a series of books about an ex-military policeman named Jack Reacher. Before that, he worked as a presentation director for the UK's ITV network. He also wrote a fair number of commercials, trailers, and news stories. Child has also penned a collection of short stories and other prose works both under his name and a variety of pennames. He lives in England with his wife and son.
"I initially got the book after watching the Jach Reacher movie. Tom Cruise does not measure up (literally!) to the literary version of Jack Reacher. The story line was enticing with many plot twists and some cerebral inventiveness! Taking a seemingly slam-dunk murder into reasonable doubt then complete absolution is quite a feat. Kept me guessing all along as to who the real culprits were!
I was very disappointed in the two guys that read the story. Really do not know their age, but every character sounded old _ with the proverbial shaky voice. This was especially true when trying to "voice" the women characters. Even though they were all <40 years old, they seemed 60+.
The pace of the reading was a little slow. I think that compounded the age issue.
Other than the audio aspect, I highly recommend "One Shot" - if you enjoy thrillers!"
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Neil (4 out of 5 stars)