First published in 1997 by Putnam, the book won the Anthony Award and. A fast-paced story that keeps the reader guessing until the end in which Lee Child successfully weaves intrigue, romance, counterfeiting and murder in a winning combination. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Killing Floor is the debut novel in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. In that week, Jack falls in love with Roscoe, uncovers the largest counterfeiting operation in history, solves the murders of his brother and several others, cleans up a corrupt Margrave Police Department, rescues kidnapped victims that include Hubble's family and Roscoe and in the process destroyed the police station, the fire house and burned four warehouses to the ground. They have until the following Sunday before the millions in singles is shipped out. In a plan that almost defies attempts to uncover it, ten people collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in single dollar bills and send them out of the country where they are bleached and reprinted as hundreds and thousands of one hundred dollar bills instead. Together, what they uncover is nothing short of astounding. Both seem honest, but Morrison outranks them, so their investigation has to be careful. He also starts to trust an officer named Roscoe who gets him coffee on the first day, and treats him as though she knows he is innocent from the start. He isn't sure who to trust, but then he discovers that Chief of Detectives Finlay has only been with the Margrave Department for six months so Jack feels him out. When Chief Morrison swears Jack was at the scene of the murder, Jack knows the Chief is involved. Jack can't leave Margrave until he knows who killed his brother, and why. Then he finds out the murder victim is his brother Joe and everything changes. He is so fearful that he won't say much more, so Jack is unable to do much for him and all he really wants to do is escape this town now and return to anonymity. Earning his trust in the process, Jack learns that Hubble fears for his life and for his family's lives. Margrave is a no-account little town in Georgia. Trained to think fast and act faster, he is the perfect action hero for when times get tough. It introduces Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Jack's military background comes in handy as he finds himself defending the less aggressive banker against the caliber of men there. Killing Floor is the first book in the phenomenal bestselling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Though merely held for questioning, they are caged on the third floor with the hard-core lifers. Since it is Friday, while Jack's alibi is being checked, he finds himself a guest of the state run facility in Warburton with another detainee named Paul Hubble. The Chief of Police has already decided Jack is guilty. His desire for anonymity is challenged before he can finish breakfast on his first morning in Margrave, as he is finds himself being taken to the police station for questioning on a murder. Instead, he finds one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history. Thank You.Killing Floor by Lee Child is about a man named Jack Reacher who comes to the little town of Margrave looking for information about the mysterious death of a guitar player named Blind Blake. If you find this review helpful please indicate so. Great story that sets the tone for all the books that follow. This is one of my favorite Reacher books. For anyone who hasn't read:listened to this book all I can say is GET IT, you won't be sorry. Published in 1997, 'Killing Floor' is the first Jack Reacher novel in the long Lee Child series featuring the larger-than-life Army Veteran drifter with a chip on his shoulder crisscrossing the USA bringing an unlikely justice to the inexplicable troubles that come his way. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. My review is really for people who already own the first release of this book. Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. Both done by Dick Hill and both good but he changed some accents and speech patterns (Findley now sounds like he's from Boston) and left some other annoying dialog out and this version surpasses the last. Over two hours longer then the first but the narration is so much better. I already have the first release of this book and was on the fence about getting this one but so very glad I did. This is my favorite series and I only wish the three on Audible that are narrated by someone else (Tripwire, Die Trying and Running Blind) would be rereleased with Dick Hill narrating. What about Dick Hill’s performance did you like?ĭick Hill is Jack Reacher.
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