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Killing Floor

Jack Reacher, Book 1

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Killing Floor

By: Lee Child, Philip Pullman - foreword
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.


**NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON**

Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret. Reacher is the only stranger in town on the day they have had their first homicide in thirty years.

The cops arrest Reacher and the police chief turns eyewitness to place him at the scene. As nasty secrets leak out, and the body count mounts, one thing is for sure. They picked the wrong guy to take the fall.

Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Killing Floor is the first audiobook in the internationally popular series. It presents Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode: a righter of wrongs, the perfect action hero.

"This was the first Jack Reacher novel and with its lean, spare prose it has one of the most intriguing heroes of our times and displays a gift for explosive drama." (Daily Express)

‘Jeff Harding’s [...] narration captures Reacher’s character perfectly [...] you have to savour every minute.’
The Sunday Times

©1997 Lee Child Introduction, 2022 Philip Pullman (P)2017 Penguin Audio
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very good

This is a great book and I can't wait to listen to the rest of them.

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He said, she said, he said

Overall I liked the story and its progression, development.
But the constant repetition of “he said etc” was unimaginative. Wondering if the rest of the series is the same.

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great storey terrible narator

the Narator was shocking I couldnt count how many I said she saids were in this reading.

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Very addictive story. If I was to quibble l could say that i didn't much like the narrator's strong American accent and had to speed it up a bit, but it was a first rate performance.

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The original and best

Our first introduction to Reacher. Great story and some of the more memorable episodes. Recommend

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Classic Reacher

Finally I've gotten around to the first of the Reacher series.
The story and character development is a little rough compared to the newer books and that's to be expected, however it shows a different Reacher which is kind of refreshing. The plot twist, just after I had worked it all out, was good.

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Great Voice for Jack Reacher

Lee Child doesn't get enough credit for the quality of his writing. This book captures the personality and unique attitude that is Jack Reacher and Jeff Harding has a voice that compliments the dry drawl that you imagine coming from the detached Reacher. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Great Story

was recommended to me and it didn't disappoint from start to finish. A classic must read.

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Reacher there is nothing else to say

PTSD trigger warnings.

Exceptional story bought to life in Amazon’s new Series by the same name. I loved the book, I loved the Series. Jack Reacher is quiet, very good at what he does and very believable as a character. Yes there is violence and sex. However it is written and explained in a way that is in someways relatable.

What would you do if you had this characters abilities? How far would you go if there was nothing to lose?

Enjoy it in any format. I love this series.

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killing field

I lived the story. listening to the plot unfold and trying to figure out the ending was great. truly a classic

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