Best David Baldacci Books

The Last Mile

Amos Decker • Book 2

by David Baldacci

Melvin Mars faces execution for killing his parents until a deathbed confession throws everything into question, attracting FBI detective Amos Decker's attention. Baldacci explores how two men's parallel tragedies might be connected by something larger.

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Melvin Mars faces execution for killing his parents until a deathbed confession throws everything into question, attracting FBI detective Amos Decker's attention. Baldacci explores how two men's parallel tragedies might be connected by something larger.

The Innocent

Will Robie • Book 1

by David Baldacci

Will Robie never misses his target until a botched assassination forces him to question everything—Baldacci launches his hitman series with a taut thriller about a killer who discovers he might be on the wrong side.

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Will Robie never misses his target until a botched assassination forces him to question everything—Baldacci launches his hitman series with a taut thriller about a killer who discovers he might be on the wrong side.

The Guilty

Will Robie • Book 4

by David Baldacci

After a failed overseas mission, Robie must return to the Gulf Coast hometown he fled, where his father faces murder charges in Baldacci's most personal thriller.

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After a failed overseas mission, Robie must return to the Gulf Coast hometown he fled, where his father faces murder charges in Baldacci's most personal thriller.

The Escape

John Puller • Book 3

by David Baldacci

John Puller's brother Robert breaks out of an inescapable military prison, making the army investigator choose between duty and blood in a case involving national security's darkest secrets.

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John Puller's brother Robert breaks out of an inescapable military prison, making the army investigator choose between duty and blood in a case involving national security's darkest secrets.

The Hit

Will Robie • Book 2

by David Baldacci

America's top government assassin must hunt down Jessica Reel, a fellow hitman who's turned on their agency—but her targets suggest a deeper conspiracy.

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America's top government assassin must hunt down Jessica Reel, a fellow hitman who's turned on their agency—but her targets suggest a deeper conspiracy.

Memory Man

Amos Decker • Book 1

by David Baldacci

Amos Decker's hyperthymesia curse means he remembers everything, especially finding his wife and daughter's bodies—until someone confesses to their murder.

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Amos Decker's hyperthymesia curse means he remembers everything, especially finding his wife and daughter's bodies—until someone confesses to their murder.

The Target

Will Robie • Book 3

by David Baldacci

Baldacci cranks the political stakes to maximum as the President weighs a mission that could either eliminate a global threat or end his presidency through impeachment.

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Baldacci cranks the political stakes to maximum as the President weighs a mission that could either eliminate a global threat or end his presidency through impeachment.

The Forgotten

John Puller • Book 2

by David Baldacci

Baldacci sends his military investigator to sunny Florida where his aunt's death exposes corruption beneath Paradise's perfect facade.

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Baldacci sends his military investigator to sunny Florida where his aunt's death exposes corruption beneath Paradise's perfect facade.

Hell's Corner

The Camel Club • Book 5

by David Baldacci

Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy navigate Baldacci's political thriller where Stone's assassination skills become essential to preventing national disaster.

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Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy navigate Baldacci's political thriller where Stone's assassination skills become essential to preventing national disaster.

The Winner

by David Baldacci

A rigged lottery offers LuAnn Tyler escape from poverty, but the $100 million prize comes with permanent exile and a decade later, deadly consequences.

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A rigged lottery offers LuAnn Tyler escape from poverty, but the $100 million prize comes with permanent exile and a decade later, deadly consequences.

Total Control

by David Baldacci

Sidney's relief at her husband's death in a plane crash turns to horror when she discovers he wasn't supposed to be on that flight. Baldacci weaves corporate conspiracy and government secrets around a widow's desperate search for truth about her marriage.

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Sidney's relief at her husband's death in a plane crash turns to horror when she discovers he wasn't supposed to be on that flight. Baldacci weaves corporate conspiracy and government secrets around a widow's desperate search for truth about her marriage.

The Camel Club

The Camel Club • Book 1

by David Baldacci

Four Washington D.C. outsiders studying government conspiracies discover their theories pale beside the actual corruption when they witness a political assassination firsthand.

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Four Washington D.C. outsiders studying government conspiracies discover their theories pale beside the actual corruption when they witness a political assassination firsthand.

The Simple Truth

by David Baldacci

After twenty-five years in prison, Rufus Harms recovers suppressed memories proving his innocence, but his covert appeal to the Supreme Court triggers a deadly conspiracy to silence him forever.

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After twenty-five years in prison, Rufus Harms recovers suppressed memories proving his innocence, but his covert appeal to the Supreme Court triggers a deadly conspiracy to silence him forever.

Split Second

Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 1

by David Baldacci

Sean King's split-second distraction cost a presidential candidate his life, ending King's Secret Service career. When history repeats with another agent, King must uncover the connection to clear both their names.

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Sean King's split-second distraction cost a presidential candidate his life, ending King's Secret Service career. When history repeats with another agent, King must uncover the connection to clear both their names.

The Whole Truth: Shaw and Katie James 1

A. Shaw • Book 1

by David Baldacci

When the world grows too peaceful for arms sales, weapons dealer Nicolas Creel decides to create his own war through media manipulation and false flag operations.

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When the world grows too peaceful for arms sales, weapons dealer Nicolas Creel decides to create his own war through media manipulation and false flag operations.

The Whole Truth

A. Shaw • Book 1

by David Baldacci

With peace threatening his arms dealing empire, Nicolas Creel hires propaganda experts to create fake international crises that will bloom into real, profitable conflicts.

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With peace threatening his arms dealing empire, Nicolas Creel hires propaganda experts to create fake international crises that will bloom into real, profitable conflicts.

Dream Town

Archer • Book 3

by David Baldacci

In 1953 Los Angeles, PI Archer investigates threats against screenwriter Eleanor Lamb as mysterious calls escalate to bloody warnings. Baldacci captures Hollywood's golden age darkness.

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In 1953 Los Angeles, PI Archer investigates threats against screenwriter Eleanor Lamb as mysterious calls escalate to bloody warnings. Baldacci captures Hollywood's golden age darkness.

Hour Game

Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 2

by David Baldacci

Someone's recreating famous serial killer methods in rural Virginia, forcing former agents King and Maxwell to decode which historical monster will inspire the next murder.

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Someone's recreating famous serial killer methods in rural Virginia, forcing former agents King and Maxwell to decode which historical monster will inspire the next murder.

The Camel Club Audio Box Set: The Camel Club / The Collectors / Stone Cold

The Camel Club #1-3

by David Baldacci, James Naughton, Tom Wopat, Maggi-Meg Reed, Ron McLarty

Three novels follow Washington D.C.'s most unlikely heroes as they uncover deadly conspiracies. The Camel Club's investigation of presidential assassination attempts reveals corruption reaching the highest government levels.

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Three novels follow Washington D.C.'s most unlikely heroes as they uncover deadly conspiracies. The Camel Club's investigation of presidential assassination attempts reveals corruption reaching the highest government levels.

Simple Genius: King and Maxwell

Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 3

by David Baldacci

Baldacci splits his detective duo between Michelle's psychological recovery and Sean's investigation into quantum physics researchers, exploring how past trauma shapes present choices.

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Baldacci splits his detective duo between Michelle's psychological recovery and Sean's investigation into quantum physics researchers, exploring how past trauma shapes present choices.

Simple Genius

Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 3

by David Baldacci

Two separate investigations converge when Sean's physics murder case and Michelle's therapy reveal connected government experiments, forcing both detectives to confront how intelligence agencies weaponize human genius.

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Two separate investigations converge when Sean's physics murder case and Michelle's therapy reveal connected government experiments, forcing both detectives to confront how intelligence agencies weaponize human genius.

Simply Lies

Mickey Gibson • Book 1

by David Baldacci

Baldacci crafts a cat-and-mouse thriller between a working mother turned investigator and a con artist who specializes in deadly deception.

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Baldacci crafts a cat-and-mouse thriller between a working mother turned investigator and a con artist who specializes in deadly deception.

Saving Faith

by David Baldacci

Baldacci crafts a taut political thriller where one woman's accidental discovery of high-level corruption puts her in the crosshairs of the most powerful men in America.

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Baldacci crafts a taut political thriller where one woman's accidental discovery of high-level corruption puts her in the crosshairs of the most powerful men in America.

True Blue

by David Baldacci

Baldacci follows a disgraced ex-cop fighting to clear her name while investigating a mysterious D.C. homicide that connects to the shadowy forces that originally destroyed her career.

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Baldacci follows a disgraced ex-cop fighting to clear her name while investigating a mysterious D.C. homicide that connects to the shadowy forces that originally destroyed her career.

No Time Left (Kindle Single)

by David Baldacci

Professional assassin Frank Becker accepts what seems like a straightforward job, but the assignment forces him deep into his own past. Baldacci crafts a tight thriller where success might cost Becker everything he values.

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Professional assassin Frank Becker accepts what seems like a straightforward job, but the assignment forces him deep into his own past. Baldacci crafts a tight thriller where success might cost Becker everything he values.