Reacher persuades Finlay to call a number on a piece of paper found in the dead man's shoe the number leads them to Paul Hubble, a retired banker who instantly confesses to the murder. While in custody, Reacher meets Finlay, the chief of detectives, and Roscoe, a female officer who believes him to be innocent. Much to his surprise, shortly after his arrival, he is arrested in a local diner for murder on the orders of the sheriff, Morrison, who falsely claims he saw Reacher leave the scene. Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the town of Margrave, Georgia, because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. The novel has three prequels: The Enemy (set eight years before Killing Floor and published in 2004), Night School (set one year before Killing Floor published in 2016), The Affair (set six months before Killing Floor published in 2011). It is also the first book to feature the character Jack Reacher.
The book won the Anthony Award and Barry Award for best first novel. Killing Floor is the debut novel by Lee Child, first published in 1997 by Putnam.
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