The Christmas Scorpion
- Published
- 2 October 2018
- Pages
- 43
- ISBN-13
- 9781984818454
- Type
- short
About this book
"The Christmas Scorpion" (2018-10-02, 43 pages) is a short Reacher story, a brief detour from the novel-length entries that make up most of Lee Child's series but built around the same standalone, drop-Reacher-into-trouble formula.
Key facts about The Christmas Scorpion
Lee Child wrote The Christmas Scorpion, a short story on our list. It has been out since 2 October 2018. The book has 43 pages.
We list 1 edition of this short story. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781984818454 to find the main one.
The Christmas Scorpion is book 24 of 33 in the Jack Reacher series. The series has 33 published books. However, the series starts with Killing Floor (1997). Exit Strategy is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 11 November 2025.
Additionally, Lee Child writes Will Trent as a separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Secret is the latest published Lee Child book on file, from 24 October 2023.
About Lee Child
Lee Child is the pen name of British author Jim Grant, creator of the Jack Reacher series, one of the bestselling thriller franchises in modern publishing. Beginning with Killing Floor in 1997, the novels follow Reacher, a former U.S. Army military police major who wanders the country with no fixed home, repeatedly drawn into violence and injustice he feels compelled to correct. See every Lee Child book in order.
Its place in Jack Reacher
The Christmas Scorpion is book 24 in the Jack Reacher series. It follows The Midnight Line. It is followed by Cleaning the Gold. See the full Jack Reacher reading order.
Jack Reacher is a former U.S. Army military police major who walks away from his uniform and, ultimately, from settled life altogether. He drifts across America with no home, no luggage and no plans — just a folding toothbrush, an ATM card and an unerring instinct for arriving in towns where something is badly wrong. Each novel drops this six-foot-five drifter into a self-contained mystery: a small-town conspiracy, a kidnapping, a crooked operation hiding behind respectable faces. Reacher investigates the way he…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781984818454