Killing Floor was published in 1997. In 2011, Child published two prequels -- The Second Son and The Affair. The Second Son is a short story about Jack Reacher when he was a 13-year-old boy. His father had just been transferred to Okinawa, Japan in 1974 for a top-secret Marine mission. Reacher stands up to the neighborhood bully and solves his father military crisis. It's a great example of the tough, yet intelligent character. The Affair is the catalyst for Reacher's leaving the Army and becoming a wanderer (or hobo as Jack calls himself). These two books totally set up the adventures of Reacher's character and why.
Killing Floor was the first Jack Reacher novel published (1997). It won lots of well-deserved awards. If you've read any other Reacher novel, then you'll know that Jack's older brother Joe is killed while working for the Treasury Department. Killing Floor is that story. There's not many novels I could put above this one. It was that excellent. As always, I don't want to give away too much of the story. Then, why read the book?
Reacher is on his way to Margrave, Georgia to learn about a deceased legendary guitar player (Blind Blake). Reacher discovers that his brother was killed in the line of duty in Margrave. Reacher was always Joe's keeper, always protecting his brother while they were growing up. Of course, Reacher takes the death of his brother very hard. And, Reacher isn't going to stop until he finds his brother's killers.
Awesome. Brilliant. I highly recommend Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, No. 1) by Lee Child.
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