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Ron McLarty narrates David Baldacci's detective fiction with a weathered authority that suits a protagonist who carries the weight of an extraordinary memory and an impossible loss — his delivery has the controlled tension of someone who knows when to pull back, and at 13 hours the procedural momentum never lets up. With seven shared narrators and all ten recommendations from Baldacci himself or McLarty's catalog, this list is tightly tuned to the same voice and the same register.

10 books for fans of Memory Man

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    The Guilty

    Will Robie • Book 4

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.22 Goodreads (64.2K ratings)
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    The Escape

    John Puller • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.22 Goodreads (62.9K ratings)
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    The Innocent

    Will Robie • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.19 Goodreads (122.3K ratings)
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    Hell's Corner

    The Camel Club • Book 5

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.19 Goodreads (44.8K ratings)
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    The Hit

    Will Robie • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.18 Goodreads (79.7K ratings)
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    The Target

    Will Robie • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.18 Goodreads (66.0K ratings)
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    The Forgotten

    John Puller • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

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

    4.16 Goodreads (70.2K ratings)
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    The Whole Truth

    A. Shaw • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.09 Goodreads (43.4K ratings)
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    True Blue

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    3.95 Goodreads (35.4K ratings)
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    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

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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.

    4.42 Goodreads (1.1K ratings)