CompleteMartialArts.com - One Shot (Jack Reacher, No. 9)
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Manufacturer: Dell
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440241027
ISBN: 0440241022
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: 2006-03-28
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: 2006-03-28
Studio: Dell
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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, from the world he lives in—no phone, no address, no commitments–ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Child’s astonishing new thriller, Reacher’s arrival will change everything—about a case that isn’t what it seems, about lives tangled in baffling ways, about a killer who missed one shot–and by doing so give Jack Reacher one shot at the truth.…
The gunman worked from a parking structure just thirty yards away–point-blank range for a trained military sniper like James Barr. His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But why does Barr want Reacher at his side? There are good reasons why Reacher is the last person Barr would want to see. But when Reacher hears Barr’s own words, he understands. And a slam-dunk case explodes. Soon Reacher is teamed with a young defense lawyer who is working against her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution team that has an explosive secret of its own. Like most things Reacher has known in life, this case is a complex battlefield. But, as always, in battle, Reacher is at his best.
Moving in the shadows, picking his spots, Reacher gets closer and closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the only way to take him down is to know his ruthlessness and respect his cunning–and then match him shot for shot….
From the Hardcover edition.
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Summary: Child Has Caught Pattersonitis
Comment: Lee Child is a gifted thriller writer, who unfortunately in ONE SHOT, has come down with a major case of James Patterson-itis - the tendency of crime suspense writers to destroy the logic of their entire narrative in their eagerness to spring a surprise villain on the reader at the last moment. Patterson began this lamentable trend at the end of ROSES ARE RED, when he identified the arch-criminal of the novel as a hitherto mousy FBI ally, who had meekly aided Alex Cross in several previous adventures. And ever since this most unconvincing psycho has haunted the Cross novels with all the menace of a fla ccid noodle. But Patterson assures us he really, really is one bad dude.
Similarly in ONE SHOT we are asked to swallow that a character who, in the early pages of the novel, was obviously totally confused in his own mind as to the nature of both the book's central crime and of its perpetrator is, in fact, a key insider. Evidently, Child shifted gears somewhere mid-novel and selected his bad guy at random in spite of having already logically ruled him out.
Too bad. Otherwise this was a decent page-turner in line with the other Reacher novels.
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Summary: Fantastic
Comment: One Shot was the second Jack Reacher book that I have read from Lee Child. I must say that I am quickly warming to the Reacher character and need to go back for more. Reacher's physical and mental toughness, tenacity, perseverance, ruthlessness and survival instincts are on display throughout the book, leading to a very compelling story. Simply put, start to finish, this is a great novel that is impossible to put down. Child grabs the reader in the first few pages and keeps him completely captivated throughout the entire book.
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Summary: Another Reacher thriller!
Comment: Lee Child's Jack Reacher books are so well-written and so exciting I find myself skimming through parts of his books just to see what happens next. This one is no exception. An excellent action-filled Reacher book that will totally satisfy any Reacher fan.
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Summary: SEXY, THRILLING, SEXY, THRILLING, SEXY, THRILLING
Comment: Okay, it's thrilling, we all know that. But what about the bonus of the sexy, fantasy man of Jack Reacher. Makes this thriller thrilling in more ways than one!
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Summary: One Shot
Comment: Lee Child is an amazing story-teller of mystery-thrillers that draws in the reader and will not allow you to put them down once you open the covers. Jack Reacher (the main character)is unique. The details and speed in which the plot develops haunts you even when you have finished and put it down. ONE SHOT is true to Child's form. He takes an event that is all too common and devestating for a city today and weaves it into a plot with characters you seem to recognize in your own life. It's an excellent read.
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