One Shot (Jack Reacher, Book 9) by Lee Child
By Lee Child
Six pictures. 5 lifeless. One heartland urban thrown right into a nation of terror. yet inside hours the law enforcement officials have it solved: a slam-dunk case. aside from something. The accused guy says: you were given the inaccurate man. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. and certain adequate, from the area he lives in—no cellphone, no deal with, no commitments–ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Child’s outstanding new mystery, Reacher’s arrival will swap everything—about a case that isn’t what it sort of feels, approximately lives tangled in baffling methods, a couple of killer who ignored one shot–and by way of doing so supply Jack Reacher one shot on the truth.…
The gunman labored from a parking constitution simply thirty yards away–point-blank variety for a proficient army sniper like James Barr. His sufferers have been within the mistaken position on the unsuitable time. yet why does Barr wish Reacher at his aspect? There are strong explanation why Reacher is the final individual Barr would wish to work out. but if Reacher hears Barr’s personal phrases, he is aware. And a slam-dunk case explodes. quickly Reacher is teamed with a tender safeguard attorney who's operating opposed to her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution workforce that has an explosive mystery of its personal. Like such a lot issues Reacher has identified in lifestyles, this situation is a posh battlefield. yet, as regularly, in conflict, Reacher is at his best.
Moving within the shadows, opting for his spots, Reacher will get nearer and toward the unseen enemy who's pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the single method to take him down is to understand his ruthlessness and recognize his cunning–and then fit him shot for shot….
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There were wooden planks laid here and there as walkways. There were haphazard piles of paper cement sacks, some full, some empty. There were more open expansion joints. There were strings of bare light bulbs, turned off. Empty wheelbarrows, crushed soda cans, spools of cable, unexplained lengths of lumber, piles of crushed stone, silent concrete mixers. There was grey cement dust everywhere, as fine as talc, and the smell of damp lime. The man with the rifle walked on in the darkness until he came close to the new northeast corner.
He drove inside and thumbed the button again and the door came down after him. He shut the engine off and sat still for a moment. Then he got out of the van and walked through the mud room and on into the kitchen. He patted the dog and turned on the television. Paramedics in full body armour went in through the back of the library. Two of them stayed inside to check for injuries among the sheltering crowd. Four of them came out the front and ran crouched through the plaza and ducked behind the wall.
The shell case has got fingerprints on it,' he said. 'From when he loaded the magazine. Same thumb and index finger as on the quarter in the parking meter and on the traffic cone. So we can tie the crime to the gun, and the gun to the ammo, and the ammo to the guy who used it. See? It all connects. The guy, the gun, the crime. ' 'I think he was a military shooter,' Emerson said. 'All military personnel are in the databases. ' It was a matter of forty-nine minutes. A desk guy knocked and entered.