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  • Published: 31 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781529177213
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $22.99

Killing Floor

(Jack Reacher 1)




The very first book by number one bestseller Lee Child, which introduces his iconic hero Jack Reacher.

'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

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.

  • Published: 31 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781529177213
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Lee Child

Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Praise for Killing Floor

Races along, spattering blood and body parts on the way

Sunday Telegraph

If Rolls-Royce wrote thrillers they would look a lot like the work of Child. 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

Stunningly dynamic

Daily Mail

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