Child,Lee. Killing Floor. Bantam Publishers.New York. 1998

This is the first in the Reacher series. 

Having read the books in anywhich order, I find that this is Reacher Primordial...he is raw, brutal, merciless, cold and ruthless. There are hints of the gentleness and romantic streak, so obvious in the later books, and but a tiny peek here. 

The story takes place strangely in two distinct realms...each unconnected till the very end. 

And again, his women are not only alluring, they are gutsy, strong individuals ready to battle it out with criminals in their own court. 

I feel like I am going back in time...there was a time when I read Alistair Macleans with the same intensity and passion. I read through those series and loved each one of them. 

I don't probably love Reacher, but, yes, he and his adventures are interesting enough. I have no complaints.