Jack Reacher
is neither a wanderer nor a soldier. Once he was into the US army working as a
military cop. But still he loves cracking down the ocean-deep crime mysteries.
Six bullets and five people, of random origin, die in a public square. The news
is everywhere and the city recoils in terror shock. However when the police
come to the site, a trail of evidence leads them to James Burr, an ex-military
sniper. Once looked a case of terror and complex felony is now proving to be an
average case.
James Burr
gets into the jail and is soon brutally beaten up owing to a jail fight. He
firmly says: you have got the wrong guy and get me Jack Reacher.
Jack Reacher
gets into the city after watching the news and his name being propped out from
nowhere. He meets the cops and Alex Rodin, the defence lawyer handling this
case. Bitter memories from Kuwait enforce him to see James Burr punished and
perished. 14 years ago they both were in the military, out in Kuwait, where
James had shot dead some people for no valid reason. And now he believes James
Burr is a convict.
Rosemary Burr,
sister of James Burr, believes in the innocence of his brother. Jack Reacher
visits the shooting site and deducts some probabilities. Also, digs bit deeper
and finds the case is not what it looks like. The truth seems fabricated to
him. His doubt turns into reality when he is set up by some local guys and the
girl, Sandra.
Dedicated to
solve the case, Jack forms a team with Cash, James’s trainer, Rosemary, Helen
Rodin and the news anchor. He hunts down the truth and in between he encounters
and snatches mobile set from one of the men of ‘The Zec’. It was the perfectly
timed climax.
‘The Zec’ is
an old Russian man, the veteran and survivor of WW-II. When they kidnap
Rosemary, Jack traces them with the help of his team and ruthlessly kills all
the men of ‘The Zec’ one by one.
‘The Zec’ wanted the blame to be fallen on
James Burr and also tried removing Jack from the case – but he didn’t succeed.
In the end, it
comes out that the cop Emerson was ‘The Zec’s’ man too. So it was a
well-planned shooting for personal motifs.
One Shot by
Lee Child isn’t an ordinary crime thriller but full of power pact investigation
episodes. The ruthlessness of the main character, Jack Reacher, is mind
blowing.
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