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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â?˘ NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE â?˘ THE BLOCKBUSTER JACK REACHER SERIES THAT INSPIRED THE STREAMING SERIES REACHER â??Pure, escapist gold . . . Mr. Childâ??s tough talk and thoughtful plotting make an ingenious combination.â?ťâ??The New York Times Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, exâ??military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooterâ??a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not rightâ??and soon the slam-dunk case explodes. Now Reacher is teamed with a beautiful young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. Reacher knows that no two opponents are created equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunningâ??an… (more)
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Reacher's arrival in town is of welcome news ot the defense for before he was rendered unconcious Reacher was the only word he uttered. Reacher meanwhile is surprised at the attention and puzzled by just one or two minor anomalies in what looks to be the most water tight prosecution case he's seen. Unsurprisingly violence and mayhem follows with some intreguing mysteries neatly wrapped up.
It's not really belivable but the plot is well detailed and as a suspension of disbelief thriller no-body really does it better than Lee Child. great fun and hard to believe that after 9 books the tension is still as good as it was in the first.
3 setting where the book took place or characters I met
* Setting: Indianapolis, Indiana, present day
* Jack Reacher―stud and former military investigator―is getting to intimately know a dancer from a cruise ship in South Beach, Miami when he
* Helen Rodin is James Barr’s lawyer―hired by his sister Rosemary who adamantly denies that her brother could not have been the shooter. Despite what appears to be a slam-dunk case against Barr, Rodin reluctantly agrees to help Rosemary defend Barr―despite the mountains of incriminating evidence against him. After all, a newly minted lawyer can’t be too choosy about her cases. Oh … and one other thing: the DA that is prosecuting Barr happens to be Helen’s father. When Reacher appears in her office, they begin examining the evidence and find some things that don’t quite add up.
4 things I liked or disliked about the book
* I’m always up for a good thriller so when Sandy at You’ve GOTTA Read This! recently extolled the virtues of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, I thought I’d give a try. I wasn’t disappointed. The book moves along at a face pace, and reading it was like going to see an action movie. And goody for me … there are 15 Jack Reacher books out there for the picking. (One Shot happened to be the 9th book, but Sandy said it was OK to read them out of order.)
* If you like a little hubba hubba in your action heroes, then Jack Reacher is your man. He’s quite the ladies man, with at least two hook-ups in this book and one implied. For a clue as to why he’s such a stud, here is the description provided on the Lee Child/Jack Reacher web site. (Note: It is worth going over there to check out the photos of both Child and Reacher in the site header. Lee Child is pretty good-looking, and there is a nice little shot of “Reacher” walking down a road in jeans and with his abs showing. Just saying!)
Measurements: 6’5″, 220-250 lbs., 50″ chest
Hair: Dirty-blond
Eyes: Ice blue
Clothing: 3XLT coat, 95 cm. pants’ inseam
* It cracked me up to have an action hero who gets to the action via Greyhound Bus and who has to walk everywhere. Although this is my first Reacher book, it is implied the Reacher doesn’t have a home base and can’t be tracked down unless he wants you to find him. I’m sure this is explained in one of the books, but it made for a bit of a chuckle from me as he was forever taking these epic walks to get places.
* As with most books of this type, it is best not to think too hard about the plot and to just go with it. Of course everything is stacked against our hero. Of course there are evil forces at work that need to be uncovered and unmasked. Of course this is a bit of mystery as to who exactly is working for the bad guys. I thought the plot was pretty decent as far as these books go, and there were some exciting action sequences. But if you’re looking for something more than just escapist action, you’re not going to find it here.
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I’m giving the book 3.5 stars. Would I read another Jack Reacher book again? Yes indeed. Do I think this is a book I’m going to remember in two months? Not a chance! But that isn’t the point of these types of books, is it? If you’re looking for a fast-paced thriller with lots of action and a studly hero, this book would be an excellent choice. It is the quintessential “airplane” book and a good one to read between heavier books. And, if you have a reluctant male reader in your home, he might like this too.
This conspiracy over a sniper killing in the midwest was adequate though wholly predictable. Lee Child is a fluent writer, so you're not worried there, and I bought it for the long flight to Sydney, and knew it would be sufficiently engrossing, but I wish Jack would grow a bit... I guess an airplane book is the perfect description for this - engrossing enough but easy to put away once you arrive where you're meant to be...
“One Shot” is
But before James Barr was beaten into a coma by prison inmates, Barr said to his appointed legal counsel: “Get Jack Reacher for me.” It turns out Barr, for some reason, thinks Reacher holds the key to his exoneration. Reacher arrives, various attractive women hit on him, and he goes to work finding out the truth.
This particular link in the Jack Reacher chain is predictable but you still are compelled to keep reading. This book is not an unreasonable choice for an airplane or beach book.
Jack Reacher accidentally
Good thriller – but keep in mind that writing is somewhat …. weird, some sentences have been repeated over and over in such a manner like author just had to fill in 300+ pages. Otherwise it is a good thriller with interesting plot and storyline.
Recommended.
Sure, you'll have to suspend disbelief to accept the story's premise, but... who cares? Jack whirls in, straightens out all the bad guys
A man, who was a sniper in the Army, back in the day seems that he just isn't ready to give up the life a
This is a fantastic read! This has so many plot twists and turns, the reader will be hooked to the final scene, and will be left for wanting more. If you haven't read this, then treat yourself to One Shot. I can promise you won't be sorry! I know I wasn't.
Excellent
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 people
The defense attorney, Helen Rodin, is up against her father as the prosecutor. Her father has a high conviction rate and tells his daughter not to take the case.
Helen decides to defend Barr anyway and convinces Reacher to look at the evidence. When he does, he feels that it's too good to be true. Then, he begins to disect each part of the evidence to see if it's valid.
Reacher is still somewhat adverse to helping Helen but when he leaves her office, someone tries to set him up for a beating. Reacher turns the table on his attackers and becomes more interested in helping Helen defend Barr.
Reacher shows again that he's the one person who can be counted on when there seems to be no hope. His military training as a homicide investigator makes him more analytical and his kills with weapons and his size gives him the tools he needs to overcome his adversaries.
This is a well plotted novel. Lee Child has the ability to make the person that Reacher hs helping look sympathetic and Reacher is the savior. Parts of the story were somewhat predictable but the suspense was there and it kept me turning the pages to see how Reacher could overcome an almost impossible situation.
But Jack Reacher is our hero.
In ONE SHOT Reacher comes to Indiana when he learns that a former soldier he knew in the army is accused of the mass murder of five people there who were leaving a DMV building. He finds out that all is not as simple as that, though, and he stays longer than he intended. (By the way, he wears the same $45 pants and shirt throughout the book.)
I had always avoided Lee Child's books just because I assumed they were cheap fiction, the kind I see dozens of at used book sales. So ONE SHOT was my first because I was curious and because I got the book for free.
Now I think I'll buy more. I enjoyed ONE SHOT. It's not literature, but it's a fine, well-written thriller. I'll be picking up his novels when I see them in the future.
But could there possibly be another person responsible for this seemingly cut-and-dried case? Despite all the evidence that is piling up, building a strong case against James Barr, Jack Reacher begins to investigate and piece the puzzle together, with the help of a lawyer, a journalist, an ex-Marine, and several others who seek the truth.
I found this book to be so riveting, I could not put it down and finished it in record time. I highly recommend this (and any) of the Jack Reacher novels ~ Lee Child is superb! A smooth read, a suspenseful plot, murder, romance, thrills and chills.....this one has it all!