The Killing Floor and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series

Lee Child is a British writer with a background in television. His first book in the Jack Reacher series is The killing floor, which came out in 1997. His series and the character of Reacher are very popular. his sixteenth book The case explores the character’s life before leaving the army, so there is no need to start from the beginning.

The killing floor It begins with drifter Jack Reacher, who is arrested in a small town in Georgia. Immediately after the bus, he is accused of murder, but there is something very suspicious in the city. It’s a little too perfect. Reacher just retired from military police, so he knows how to be patient until his alibi is cleared up. He befriends two policemen and proceeds to clean up the town.

If you like vigilantes and violence doesn’t bother you, then this is your kind of book. I read To persuade, the seventh book in the series, first, before going back to the beginning and coming to the same conclusion. The main character ends up killing more people than the bad guys, and he seems to be able to do it without any repercussions. He left me wondering what I was missing.

For the most part, it’s hard for me to relate to his character, which is why I read a series. I found it a small flat. The information on the monetary system was interesting. And the writing was fast. I thought the African-American chief of detectives (Finlay) was a bit slow for someone who had spent his career as a Boston detective.

It’s not just the violence. The first few books in Barry Eisler’s series about a hit man in Japan were excellent. And while John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport is also violent, he has mellowed with age, and you enjoy moments of humor in the stories. He doesn’t take his character too seriously.

So, like many cozies on the other end of the spectrum, who find their nosy characters manipulative, I guess I find the violence and harsh actions of this superhero manipulative and hard to swallow as well. But unlike the cozies, this book required a lot more talent and research to put together.

One big plus is that Reacher is a fan of the blues. The reason he comes to the town of Margrave is to find out more about an old blues singer. Anyone, fictional or real, who is a fan of the Blues deserves kudos in my book. However, it is not enough for me to read another selection in the series.