Book Review: The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor, by Lee Child.

The Killing Floor is the first book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher is a former military policeman who now chooses the life of a hobo, randomly roaming the country in search of interesting things. He carries almost nothing with him, buys new clothes occasionally instead of washing (he disposes of the old clothes), and never plans to settle down. What he finds mostly in his search are troubles. In The Killing Floor, he is arrested in a small town in Georgia for murder. Because he has a strong alibi, he is soon helping the police to solve the murder, which in a coincidence only acceptable in popular entertainment turns out to be of his brother.

Killing Floor is a fast paced, sometimes gruesomely bloody action tale. Sometimes the details stretch the bounds of the possible, and I don't for a second believe that the bad guy's scheme would have worked in real life, but the character of Reacher is unique and interesting, and I will continue to read other books in the series.

The Jack Reacher Series:

1. Killing Floor
2. Die Trying
3. Tripwire
4. Running Blind
5. Echo Burning
6. Without Fail
7. Persuader
8. The Enemy
9. One Shot
10. The Hard Way
11. Bad Luck and Trouble
12. Nothing to Lose
13. Gone Tomorrow
14. 61 Hours