466 pages
English language
Published Nov. 16, 2006 by Bantam Dell.
One Shot is the ninth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. The book title is based on "One shot, one kill," the military sniper's creed. The novel was adapted into the 2012 film Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise as the title character. This book is written in the third person.
This is the book that the Jack Reacher movie was based on. I loved the movie, and I really enjoyed the book. They're enough different that, though the story is familiar and recognizable, it's still a good and interesting read.
I've sporadically read the Reacher series, and this is the one made into a not terrible Tom Cruise movie. All about a case where Everything gets buttoned up tightly in the first few chapters. Even Reacher thinks they got the right guy. At first...
