The Secret
- Published
- 24 October 2023
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-13
- 9781984818584
- Type
- novel
About this book
"The Secret" (2023-10-24, 304 pages) is set during Jack Reacher's Army career, around 1992 -- one of the handful of chronological flashbacks, alongside "The Enemy," "Night School" and "The Affair," that precede "Killing Floor" in Reacher's own timeline even though they were published decades later.
Key facts about The Secret
Lee Child wrote The Secret, a novel on our list. It has been out since 24 October 2023. The book has 304 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781984818584 to find the main one.
The Secret is book 31 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. It is also the latest published Lee Child book on file.
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 Secret is book 31 in the Jack Reacher series. It follows No Plan B. It is followed by In Too Deep. 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 9781984818614
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780552177566
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781984818584