Margrave is a no-account little town in the Georgia Sunbelt. The busiest it ever gets is at the end of their schoolday. But there's something strange about Margrave: it's completely perfect. So perfect, it's frightening. The lawns are like velvet and the trees look like they've just had a manicure. And from the laid-back barbershop to Eno's state-of-the-art diner, the local businesses thrive without customers.
When drifter and ex-military policeman Jack Reacher hits town, he plans to be gone by Monday. But before then Margrave has its first recorded homicide in thirty years. As the only stranger in town the murder is pinned on Reacher. And so begins his nightmare .starting with a weekend on the killing floor among the jailhouse lifers.
If long-lost kin and a long-dead guitar hero could tell tales, Reacher would know just what kind of big operation he's walked into. But as the nasty secrets of the lethal conspiracy that keeps the whole town ticking starts to leak out, the body count mounts. And the killing turns into an epidemic. Action-packed, fast moving and gritty, Killing Floor is a tautly plotted thriller by an outstanding British talent.
"An American tough guy who is a stranger in small-town Georgia is arrested for murder.stunningly dynamic"
"Races along, spattering blood and body parts on the way, with the hero, a super-tough ex-military policeman, contributing his share of corpses as he unravels a conspiracy in which almost no one he encounters can be trusted."
"When it comes to action, Jack more than knows how to take care of himself. And when the going gets rough, he shows that he can be the roughest."
"Great style and careful plotting. Depicted with the kind of detail that builds dread and suspense."
"Beautifully detailed action scenes and fascinating arcana about currency and counterfeiting enliven this taut and tough-minded first novel. Child writes with a hand as strong and steady as steel."
"At least as good as any of Grisham's."
Cork Examiner
"The best thriller I've read in years."
"All [Jack Reacher novels] are ripping yarns, but since this is the first, it seems the logical place to start...Killing Floor wins awards for Best Corrupt Southern Town in a Summer Novel and Best Exploding Warehouse."
"Not content with writing a rip-roaring thriller, Child also gives us one of the truly memorable tough-guy heroes in recent fiction."
