One Shot - Hardcover

Child, Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593051831 ISBN 13: 9780593051832

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2005

Synopsis

A lone gunman unleashes pandemonium when he shoots into a crowd of people in a public plaza in Indiana. Five people are killed in cold blood, shot through the head. But he leaves a perfect trail of evidence behind him, and soon the local police chief tracks him down. After his arrest, the shooter's only words are, 'Get Jack Reacher for me.' What could possibly connect this psychopath and the wandering dropout ex army cop? Critics call Lee Child's thriller series 'addictive', so here is our annual, much-longed for, Reacher fix

About this title

About the Author

LEE CHILD is British but moved with his family from Cumbria to the United States to start a new career as an American thriller writer. His first novel, KILLING FLOOR, won the Anthony Award, and his second, DIE TRYING, won W H Smiths Thumping Good Read Award. His most recent thrillers featuring Jack Reacher, the former US military cop and maverick drifter are TRIPWIRE, THE VISITOR; ECHO BURNING, WITHOUT FAIL and PERSUADER. All have been bestsellers.

From the Back Cover

A lone gunman hides in a parking garage and shoots into a crowd in a public plaza in a small Indiana city. Five random people die in a senseless massacre. But the shooter leaves a perfect trail behind him and the police quickly track him down. His name is James Barr. It s a watertight case.

Jack Reacher is working on his tan with a Norwegian blonde on the beach in Miami. He is so cool you could skate on him. But he doesn t like to stick around. He likes to be on the move. He was in the machine his whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat him out. Now mostly he rocks and sways and dozes on buses, watching the passing scene, observing the chaos of America.

After his arrest, James Barr refuses to talk. Then, to his lawyer, he utters a single phrase: Get Jack Reacher for me. What past event connects this obvious psychopath with the wandering ex-army cop? Critics call Lee Child s bestselling thriller series addictive . One Shot is sure to get any reader hooked.
The thing about Lee Child s books is that you can t put the damn things down there s just something about his writing that s addictive . . . Conclusion: Superb. Independent on Sunday

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593051831
• ISBN 13: 9780593051832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368