My first Jack Reacher book, it was recommended by a working colleague, since then I am great fan and even my father in law got to read even more books than me.

Unexpected, consistent, well written… by the way I am also in love with JR… ( )

Crime

(2005)Reacher is drawn into the investigation of a mass murder that appears by all evidence to have been committed by a former Army sniper. It leads to the facts that it was an elaborate plot to cover the murder only one of those killed in order to hide a conspiracy to obtain government contracts with the city. Very good.Publishers WeeklyThe final sentence of Child's ninth suspenser (after The Enemy)¥"Then he could buy a pair of shoes and be just about anywhere before the sun went down"Â¥is quintessential Jack Reacher, the rugged ex-army cop who practically defines the word "loner" and kicks ass with the best of 'em. In the book's gripping opening, five people are killed when a shooter opens fire in a small unnamed Indiana city. But when ex-infantry specialist James Barr is apprehended, he refuses to talk, saying only, "Get Jack Reacher for me." But Reacher's already en route; having seen a news story on the shooting, he heads to the scene with disturbing news of his own: "[Barr's] done this before. And once was enough." Nothing is what it seems in the riveting puzzle, as vivid set pieces and rapid-fire dialogue culminate in a slam-bang showdown in the villains' lair. (And what villains: a quintet of Russian ?migr?s, the stuff of everybody's worst nightmares, led by a wily 80-year-old who makes Freddy Krueger look like Little Lord Fauntleroy.) As usual, Child makes the most of Reacher's dry wit, cut-to-the-chase psychology and stubborn taciturnityÂ¥in short, this is a vintage double play for author and leading man.

Great Reacher novel. I hear that Tom Cruise is trying to get the part in the movie. He would completely suck as Reacher. Hope it doesn't happen. ( )

My lowest rated of the Reacher novels. I enjoyed it, but it just didn't run on all cylinders like the others in the series. ( )

This Jack Reacher mystery was definitely as suspenseful and compelling as any of his I've read, but the plot was a hot mess. I'm usually pretty good at suspending disbelief when reading these, but this was really a bridge too far. The bad guys were cartoon characters and their reasoning and motives were ridiculous. The "civilians" including a TV reporter putting themselves into harm's way to confront the bad guys was beyond the pale. And bringing in the Pentagon lady just so she can lie to police and give Jack a quickie and then never mentioning her again? Just a bad plot and some very unbelievable characters. ( )

3.5 couldn't put down ( )

Another satisfying Jack Reacher novel. This time the former military police investigator is drawn into the case of a former U.S. Army sniper accused of a random sniper killing. (Five victims.) It looks like an open-and-shut case. Even Jack Reacher thinks so; but then why do there seem to be inconsistencies between the evidence and what Reacher knows about trained snipers? And why does Reacher 19s always inerrant sense of such things tell him that he is being followed around town?

Mostly good bits of business, although I thought author Lee Child strained considerably by having Reacher and the TV anchorwoman get into a contest of quoting well-known authors at each other. On the other hand, I liked the dialogue between Reacher and the under-aged(?) woman who tries to seduce him in the sports bar. Also the visit to the shooting range in Kentucky was a nice touch. As always, things that seem random turn out to be significant. And, as always, Child 19s British English occasionally intrudes on the otherwise American setting.

This is the ninth book in the Jack Reacher series. It is written in a third-person omniscient voice. In that, it is more complicated than even 1CDie Trying, 1D the second Reacher novel, which is also written in the third person, but "One Shot 1D seems more relentlessly focused on the characters 19 internal dialogues.

Child is allowing Reacher to grow old, although he doesn 19t seem terribly older here than he was in the first novel, 1CKilling Floor. 1D Here the aging is subtle, but I gather that it becomes less subtle in subsequent novels. In one scene, Reacher is described from the viewpoint of someone who knew him fourteen years before. She describes how much more weathered he is, but, surprisingly, his eyes strike her as more open and even innocent than before. Has Reacher 19s post-Army life of drifting wherever the day takes him made him mellower?

I wonder what this story would have been like if it had been entirely about the relationship between Helen Rodin and her father, Alex. As it is, Alex Rodin is the least satisfying character in the novel. We don 19t get to see him much, although he is often mentioned by others. We know there are strains in the relationship between father and daughter, but we get that information at a remove and never get to explore it. ( )

So the ninth book in the series is the one they based the first movie on. Damn, I wish I read the book before seeing the movie. Might have rated a little better, oh well. The movie was actually pretty close to the book, which is usually good, but again, hurt my rating since I knew what was basically coming. Of course there were slight differences, and I don't remember the movie perfectly well, but I think it pulled off the whole (and can I do this without giving everything away?) "why the sniper killed who they killed, and for what reason" part better. Sorry for the awkward grammar, that was my attempt at trying not to give to much away. Anyway, by book 9 you know if you like Reacher or not, and I definitely do. ( )

Good mystery-crime novel with lots of fast-paced action with a tease of romance. Fine literature it's not, but action packed, it is. There are several main characters and each has their own characteristics. For example, weaponizing the female reporter was a fun thing. Child always seems to introduce the bad guys early on and we follow their actions throughout the book until they're crushed by Reacher and his posse at the end. Happens every time. It seems that Reacher is endowed with knowledge of all things and from that, picks out the inconsistencies to solve the case. Meanwhile, the reader wonders: "How did he do that?" ( )

Amo Reacher, ogni suo libro è per me un imperdibile e anche questo non si smentisce. ( )

This book was action from beginning to end. A small Indiana city is rocked when a sniper mows down five people with six shots in the city square as they are leaving the work place. The police believe they have an open and shut case but when they try to interrorgate the suspect, all he'll say is "Get Reacher Here". Reacher saw the news of the murders on TV and is already en route but by then the suspect has been beaten and is in a coma. Reacher is confronted bu the man's sister and it's only through caring people that the suspect's innocence is kept alive. Word gets around that Reacher knows the suspect and is set up by a pretty woman and jumped by her five brawny friends. The woman is killed and the scene made to look like Reacher did it. Morally outraged, as only Jack Reacher can get,he turns over every pebble to find the truth behind the sniper's shootings. But who really is the sniper? Pick up this thriller and find out. ( )

One Shot is a good suspenseful story from beginning to end. There are what appear to be random shootings of people. The odd thing is that there are lots of clues left behind by the shooter that lead to one person. This is a slam dunk case. Lots of sleuthing lead by our hero, Jack Reacher. Four stars were awarded to this book because it kept its pace from beginning to end. Although the situations would take a super human to survive, it still made for a good book. ( )

Best one yet!
A little weird reading this as it's the one the movie was based on, so I sometimes knew what was going to happen, though it is a little different than the movie and much more enjoyable. ( )

Probably more like 3.5 stars. These are very formulaic, which is good and bad. They get a bit old after awhile, but usually have some good characters aside from Jack reacher. I Usually do audio for these and Dick Hill is a great narrator for this series.

This was a good story,and good to learn a bit more about Reachers past, and when he can admit he is wrong. I always compare him to a modern day Holmes though, with some great intuition, deductive skills, investigative skills, and crime solving. ( )

I'm a bit hesitant to count this in my yearly total, as it is a re-read of a book read last year. However, I did read it again, all the way through, so I suppose it counts.

This is the ninth book in the Jack Reacher series but it was the first book in that series that I read. I liked it well enough the first time to go back and start the series at the beginning. After sweeping through the first eight in fairly short order, this one came back up again and I decided to re-read it for the sake of having read the entire series in order. It's definitely one of the better books in the series so far (in fact, looking back at my ratings from last year, I see I actually rated it a half-star higher this year). A man who got away with murder 14 years ago while a sniper in the Army is now a civilian and suspected of having committed pretty much the exact same crime. The cops have a solid-gold, open-and-shut case — or do they? Reacher figures it all out, of course. ( )

I enjoyed this book, and thought it might be a little more complex than many of his stories, but still typical Jack Reacher. The only thing that bothers me is the number of times the author says "Reacher said nothing." I get tired of being told that over and over - if he said nothing, then he said nothing, and there's really no need to keep pointing it out. But it seems to be common in many of the books, and perhaps it's the fact that I'm reading audiobook versions, and the narrator has a way or emphasizing this phrase, it seems ( )

Another very good thriller from Lee Child. Every Reacher novel is compelling reading it seems. ( )

Great book couldn't put this one down ( )

The old limestone building was a library. That's OK, he thought. Librarians are nice people. They tell you things, if you ask them. ( )

Reading Jack Reacher is like eating potato chips. You can't stop until you finish. I try not to begin one of these unless I know I can finish it in one or two days. ( )

This is probably a 3.5 for me. I lost the sense of Reacher in this book. I may be biased that there was a movie that I had seen before reading the Reacher books, but this book made Reacher a cardboard figure to me rather than the character I have liked in the previous eight books. ( )

Because its what they based the movie on, I somehow was sure that this was the first novel in the Jack Reacher series. Boy was I wrong! But that's OK, because it stands alone pretty well. I could try to give a synopsis or something here, but really, if you're thinking about reading this book, you're in one of three situations:
1. You've read other books in the series, and want to know if this is as good - this being my first Jack Reacher book, I can't help you there.
2. You've seen the Jack Reacher movie, and you're wondering if the book is as good - I'd say it's quite a bit better. Also, Tom Cruise, regardless of what you think of him generally, is a pretty weird casting choice for someone who's supposed to be 6'5" and 250 pounds.
3. You're thinking of starting a new series, and you wonder if this one is worth your time - If this book is any evidence, I'd say, yeah, it is. But perhaps you'll want to start with the first book in the series. I plan to get that one next.

But why only three stars? A couple plot details that didn't make sense to me; geographical information that's more specific than necessary, except when it comes to talking about where the book actually takes place -- this is mostly set in southern (probably) Indiana, but although the narrator mentions the towns Reacher passes through on his way to the site of the book, and the highways he's on, he never actually NAMES the town, which could be Evansville, or Owensboro, or maybe even Bedford. But why not just name the place already?!

At any rate, I'm not certain if that's an author's tick or just a quirk of this one book. I'm planning to read others to find out, and also to just enjoy myself. ( )

Liked it and the movie was good too ( )

Though I have already seen it as a movie, One shot doesn't makes makes me to feel bore while reading, rather it describes the scene in detail as usual with the remarkable dialougues of jack reacher.. ( )