18 books like One Shot

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The Hard Way Lee Child · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In Lee Child's astonishing new thriller, ex--military cop Reacher sees more than most people would...and because of that, he's thrust into an explosive situation that's about to blow up in his face. For the only way to find the truth--and save two innocent lives--is to do it the way Jack Reacher does it best: the hard way.... Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot,… Shares Reacher, American Detective and mystery stories, Adventure fiction, Action & Adventure
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Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child · 1984 · ★ 4.2 · 439p · ≈ 14h · Moderate From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night…. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher—soldier, cop, hero—is pulled out of his wandering life by a code that few other people could understand. From the first shocking scenes in Lee… Shares Snipers, Reacher, Military police, Serial murders
Cover of Without Fail
Without Fail Lee Child · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Skilled, cautious, and anonymous, Jack Reacher is perfect for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. Theoretically, of course. A female Secret Service agent wants Reacher to find the holes in her system, and fast—because a covert group already has the vice president in their sights. They’ve planned well. There’s just one thing they didn’t plan on: Reacher. Shares Military police, American Detective and mystery stories, Adventure fiction, Americans
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The enemy Lee Child · 2004 · ★ 4.2 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.New Year's Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming… Shares Snipers, Reacher, Military police, Americans
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No middle name Lee Child · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "A collection of pulse-pounding Jack Reacher stories--one never-before-seen novella, plus eleven others collected for the first time in print--each with original introductions from the twelve-time #1 New York Times bestselling author"-- Shares American Detective and mystery stories, Adventure fiction, Americans, Action & Adventure
Cover of Echo Burning
Echo Burning Lee Child · 2001 · ★ 4.1 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call "spectacular" (The Seattle Times), "relentless" (Denver Post), and "perfect" (The New York Times Book Review). Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he's worried about is exactly who picks him up. She's called Carmen. She's a good-looking… Shares American Detective and mystery stories, Adventure fiction, Americans, Action & Adventure
Cover of Killing Floor
Killing Floor Lee Child · 1997 · ★ 4.1 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he’s arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Reacher knows is that he didn’t kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn’t stand a chance of convincing anyone. Not in Margrave, Georgia. Not a chance in hell. Shares American Detective and mystery stories, Adventure fiction, Americans, Action & Adventure
Cover of Persuader
Persuader Lee Child · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he’s moved from place to place…without family…without possessions…without commitments. And without fear. Which is good, because trouble—big, violent, complicated trouble—finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once…not ever. But some unfinished… Shares Reacher, Military police, American Detective and mystery stories, Thriller
Cover of Night school
Night school Lee Child · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "Discover the thriller series that The New York Times calls "utterly addictive." After eleven straight global #1 bestsellers, Lee Child sends readers back to school with the most explosive Jack Reacher novel yet. It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the afternoon they send him back to school. That night he's off the grid. Out of sight, out of… Shares American Detective and mystery stories, Adventure fiction, Action & Adventure, American literature
Cover of The Lost World
The Lost World Michael Crichton · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Lost World is a 1995 techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton, and the sequel to his 1990 novel Jurassic Park. It is his tenth novel under his own name and his twentieth overall, and it was published by Knopf. A paperback edition (ISBN 0-345-40288-X) followed in 1996. In 1997, both novels were re-published as a single book titled Michael Crichton's Jurassic World, which is unrelated… Shares Science Fiction, Thriller
Cover of Fifty Candles
Fifty Candles Earl Derr Biggers · 1926 Shares Thriller, Mystery with this book.
A Bullet For Cinderella
A Bullet For Cinderella John D. MacDonald · 1955 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Her veneer was big city ... But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair like raw blue-black silk, her brown shoulders bare. Eyes deep-set, a girl with a gypsy look. So this was the girl I had risked my life to find. This was the girl who was going to lead me to a… Shares Thriller, Mystery
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Bones in London Edgar Wallace · 1900 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The new Managing Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant - however Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not long before Joe and Fred Pole pay Bones a visit. They are totally unprepared for Bones' unnerving style of doing business, unprepared for his unique style of innocent and endearing… Shares Thriller, Mystery
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Edison's conquest of Mars Garrett Putman Serviss · 1947 · ★ 2.8 · 119p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The original sequel to HG Wells War of the Worlds as written by the science editor of the Hearst newspaper group. Mentioned multiple times by rocket pioneer Robert Hutchings Goddard in his diaries as one of the sources of inspiration for him. The 2005 paperback edition from Apogee Books includes an extensive history of the work by Robert Godwin, noted space historian and space curator of the… Shares American literature, Science Fiction
Angel's Inferno
Angel's Inferno William Hjortsberg · 2020 · 436p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A 1950s amnesiac and hard-boiled detective sets out for revenge in this blend of mystery, supernatural horror, and metaphysical fiction. Private investigator Harry Angel is in a jam. Handcuffed in his apartment along with the cops and a corpse, he stands accused of violently murdering three people. The good news is he knows who did it. But in order to exonerate himself, Harry must first make… Shares American literature, Thriller
City on Fire
City on Fire Don Winslow · 2021 · ★ 4.1 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate New York Times Bestseller!From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy.“Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating.” – Stephen King"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.” – Adrian McKinty, New York… Shares American literature, Thriller
City in Ruins
City in Ruins Don Winslow · 2024 · ★ 4.5 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares American literature, Thriller with this book.
Murder at Kingscote
Murder at Kingscote Alyssa Maxwell · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate For fans of HBO’sThe Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…In late nineteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, journalist Emma Cross discovers the newest form of transportation has become the newest type of murder weapon . . . On a clear July day in 1899, the salty ocean breeze along Bellevue Avenue… Shares American literature, Mystery

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