NMLP P-019150 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Killing Floor

Lee Child · G. P. Putnam's Sons · 1997

The US Putnam edition (17 March 1997) is the true first and Jack Reacher's debut; it precedes the UK Bantam Press hardcover, an unusual case where the American edition is the true first for a British-born author then resident in the US. Won the Anthony and Barry awards for best first novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019150 for "Killing Floor" by Lee Child (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019150, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).