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What it is about
- Jack Reacher
- Military police
- Serial murders
- Snipers
Where it happens
- Middle West
Ages
- Adult
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Why: Both are thriller books about serial murders.
What both books share
- thriller
One Shot: "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, military" (OL subject)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Fiction, thrillers, suspense" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
One Shot: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- thriller
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Why: Both are thriller books about serial murders.
What both books share
- thriller
One Shot: "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, military" (OL subject)
The Terminal List: "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre) - serial murders
One Shot: "Serial murders" (OL subject); "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "Serial murders -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
The Terminal List: "Serial murders, fiction" (OL subject); "serial murder" (WD main subject)
- thriller
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Why: Both are thriller books.
What both books share
- thriller
One Shot: "Thriller" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, military" (OL subject)
The Silent Patient: "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject)
- thriller
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What they share, at a glance
One Shot next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Thriller | Serial murders |
|---|---|---|
| Darkly Dreaming Dexter | shared | shared |
| The Terminal List | shared | shared |
| The Silent Patient | shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared |
| The Da Vinci Code | shared | not shared |
| Angels & Demons | shared | not shared |
| The Shadow of the Wind | shared | not shared |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | shared | not shared |
| Step on a Crack | shared | not shared |
| The Gray Man | shared | not shared |
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One Shot: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in 2005. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 393-page paperback from Bantam Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780440423010 ... paperback ... 393 pages ... Bantam Books
- Series
- It is book 9 of the Jack Reacher series. Source: jackreacher.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Jack Reacher ... The Enemy ... One Shot
- Next in the series
- Book 10 is The Hard Way. Source: jackreacher.com, checked November 6, 2026.
One Shot ... The Hard Way
Where does One Shot sit in its series? See the reading order.
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