Books Like The Escape

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Ron McLarty narrates The Escape with a blue-collar steadiness that fits Baldacci's military thriller world — 15 hours of manhunt and conspiracy, delivered without flash, which keeps the emotional stakes of a brother hunting a brother from tipping into melodrama. Five picks feature McLarty again, and all ten return to Baldacci's catalog, making this a list for readers already comfortable in that world who want to stay there.

10 books for fans of The Escape

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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)
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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 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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    Memory Man

    Amos Decker • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.13 Goodreads (160.2K 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 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 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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    The Winner

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.15 Goodreads (55.9K ratings)
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    Total Control

    by David Baldacci

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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.

    4.15 Goodreads (50.0K ratings)