David Baldacci's books in order: a complete guide

1968, southern Virginia. Jack Lee is a white lawyer who has never pushed back against racism until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing a white couple. Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer who has devoted her life to furthering the cause of justice. Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution’s deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for a chance for a fair trial and true justice.

When Dwayne and Alice Odom are killed, the police report states clearly that it was a drug overdose. So why is their daughter, Betty, claiming that’s not the truth? Entangled in a web of disbelief and danger, Betty Odom's only ally comes in the form of Travis Devine, a bodyguard on the run from a skilled predator. But when an informant is found murdered, Devine knows this job is perhaps even more dangerous than the one he’s running from . . . and the true enemy may be on his side. With Baldacci's signature blend of suspense and revelation, To Die For promises a journey fraught with risk, secrets, and the quest for justice.

A bestselling Richard & Judy book club book, this heart-racing thriller set in the world of high finance is the latest book from David Baldacci. Travis Devine leaves the Army under a cloud of suspicion and turns instead to New York's financial district where greed, jealousy and ambition result in the financial abuse of the masses and the enrichment of an elite few. But on his daily commute on the 6:20 a.m. train, he passes a house where he sees something that sounds alarm signals. His close friend and colleague is the first victim, and as the deaths pile up and the major players show their hands, he must question who he can trust and who he must fight.

The Edge is the hotly anticipated follow-up to David Baldacci's The 6:20 Man, featuring Travis Devine: ex-special ops, now an elite Homeland Security member. When Jennifer Silkwell, a high-ranking CIA analyst with dangerous knowledge, is found dead in Maine, Devine is drawn into a complex investigation. Her past connections and an unspoken bond between her senator father and agent Emerson Campbell deepen the case's intrigue. As Devine prods into the quiet town of Putnam, a killer lurks in the shadows, and he soon discovers that small-town silence can mask deadly secrets.

When ex-detective Amos Decker returned home eighteen months ago to find the bodies of his wife and only daughter, he didn't think he could carry on living. Overwhelmed with grief, his life spirals out of control, losing his job, his house and his self-respect. But when his former partner in the police, Mary Lancaster, visits to tell him that someone has confessed to the murder of his family, he knows he owes it to his wife and child to seek justice for them. As Decker comes to terms with the news, tragedy strikes at the local school. Thirteen teenagers are gunned down, and the killer is at large. When new evidence links the murders, Decker is left with only one option.

Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged twenty years old, he was convicted for the murder of his parents. When Decker, newly appointed special agent with the FBI, hears the news that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone has confessed to the killings, he persuades his boss to allow him to carry out an investigation. As Decker goes deeper, he and his team uncover layer upon layer of lies and deception which are rooted at a time in American history which most would rather forget, but some seem keen to remember.

Walter Dabney is a family man. A loving husband and the father of four grown daughters, he’s built a life many would be proud of. But then the unthinkable happens. Standing outside the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C, Dabney shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire in cold blood before turning the gun on himself. One of the many witnesses is Amos Decker; a man who forgets nothing and sees what most miss. Baffled by what appears to be a seemingly senseless and random killing, Decker is thrust into the investigation to determine what drove this family man to pull the trigger.

The mysterious events in Baronville, Pennsylvania, are raising the highly-tuned antennae of agent Amos Decker and his FBI partner, Alex Jamison. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation turns into a murder investigation when two bodies are found in a nearby deserted house. With the body count rising, Decker and Jamison dig deep to uncover a sinister truth in Baronville. But even the duo’s skills and Amos Decker’s infallible memory may not be enough to save this town, or them, from becoming the next victims.

Four years on from the brutal murders of his beloved wife and daughter, FBI consultant Amos Decker is finally ready to return to his hometown and tackle his grief. The last thing he was expecting was to be confronted by a man from his past, Meryl Hawkins, his first-ever homicide arrest. Recently released from a life sentence, due to a terminal illness diagnosis, Hawkins is determined to prove that he was innocent all along. Suddenly, Decker finds himself questioning the case – did he help put an innocent man behind bars? Was Hawkins truly innocent? And is the real killer still out there?

Amos Decker and Alex Jamison are called to the remote North Dakota Badlands when the remains of a woman are discovered on the Great Plains. The woman was a teacher at a school managed by a mysterious male-run sect, and no one seems to know who she is or where she came from. As they seek information from London, the local town at the centre of the fracking industry, they find that jealousy and deep rivalries exist between its richest investors. But it is the highly classified Air Force facility nearby that may really hold the answers. 

In the latest instalment in the Amos decker series, Decker is in crisis following the suicide of a close friend. In this action-packed thriller he must investigate case of a federal judge who seemingly had no enemies and yet was found brutally murdered in her home. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, Amos knows that this case will take all of his special skills to solve.

Murder, secrets, revenge, and just a touch of romance combine with the twist of all twists in this noir-inspired thriller which is sure to keep you gripped until the very end. Aloysius Archer is looking to start a new, peaceful life after serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. But Archer takes on more than he bargained for when he starts work as a debt collector for local business tycoon Hank Pittleman . . .

Evoking the golden age of crime writing with its 1940s California-setting, this is the second book in Baldacci's Aloysius Archer series. It's 1949 and Aloysius Archer is on his way to start a new job as a private investigator when he meets aspiring actress, Liberty Callaghan in a casino, and together they head west. Arriving in Bay Town, Archer discovers that the appointment of a top official is in jeopardy, and when two seemingly unrelated people are murdered at a burlesque club Archer must try to find out the truth from a tight-lipped community. 

1952, Los Angeles. It is New Year’s Eve and Archer is approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter who would like to hire him as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. Archer’s investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, and onward to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas; a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand. In this must-read thriller, Archer will risk everything and leave no stone unturned in order to bring justice to killers who would love nothing better than to plant him six feet under.

It is thirty years since FBI special agent Atlee Pine’s twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the room they shared as young children. Notorious serial killer Daniel James Tor was caught and convicted of other murders, and while there’s no proof, Atlee believes he knows what happened to Mercy. Now, assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States, Atlee is called in to investigate a case in the Grand Canyon. She knows about killers and perhaps understands them better than any profiler in the FBI, but it soon becomes clear that she will need to put her skills to the ultimate test in this investigation.

In A Minute to Midnight Atlee Pine continues her search for the truth as she returns to the town where her sister disappeared all those years ago. When she’s given a leave of absence after she oversteps the mark during the arrest of a dangerous criminal, it’s the perfect chance to finally find some answers. But the return to the past brings murder, long-buried secrets and lies, and a revelation so shocking that Atlee feels everything she believed slipping away.

The third book in the Atlee Pine series from bestselling thriller writer David Baldacci sees Atlee teaming up with her old friend, military investigator John Puller. As they work together to investigate Ito Vincenzo, the man responsible for kidnapping Atlee’s sister, they uncover the lies and deceit that strike at the very heart of democracy. And the truth of what happened to Atlee’s sister will shock her to her core.  

FBI agent Atlee Pine and her assistant Carol Blum come to the end of a long and painful journey, discovering what happened to Pine's twin sister Mercy, who was abducted when they were just six years old. This incident broke Pine's family apart, and untangling the strands of deception and revenge that followed is more dangerous than she could ever have anticipated.

Back in DC after successful missions in Edinburgh and Tangier, assassin Will Robie sees his latest assignment, to eliminate a US government employee, go badly wrong. What had she done, or what did she know? Robie is now a wanted man. But it seems that he's not the only one on the run. Young teenager Julie Getty is devastated by the inexplicable murder of her parents in their home, but is smart enough to believe that their killer will come after her too . . .

When government hit man Will Robie is given his next target he knows he's about to embark on his toughest mission yet. He is tasked with killing one of their own, following evidence to suggest that fellow assassin Jessica Reel has been turned. She's leaving a trail of death in her wake including her handler. The trap is set. To send a killer to catch a killer. But what happens when you can't trust those who have access to the nation's most secret intelligence?

Chung-Cha is a young woman who was raised in the infamous Yodok concentration camp. It's a place where honour, emotion and compassion don't exist. Cold, calculating and highly skilled, Chung-Cha has been trained to kill. And the task she has been given is to destroy the enemy at all costs. A dangerous and deadly operation of cat and mouse plays out between East and West. But who will be the hunter and who will be the hunted when the true target is finally revealed?

When Will gets the call to make his first visit home since he was a teenager, it's because his father, the local judge, has been arrested for murdering a man who came before him in court. Robie and his father, Dan, are estranged, and his mother left years ago. When he visits Dan in jail, he finds that time hasn't healed old wounds. But then another murder changes everything, and stone-cold killer Robie will finally have to come to grips with his toughest assignment of all. His family.

London is on red alert. Robie, as the US government’s most lethal assassin, is called in to foil a terrorist attack on the London Underground. An attack serving as a test run for a much larger plot to take place on US soil. But then reports come in that Robie's own mentor, Walton, has gone missing while visiting his hometown in Colorado. This tight-knit community close to the Rocky Mountains holds many secrets and people there are more than willing to take the law into their own hands at the first sign of trouble. To them, Robie is just that.

In the first book of this series, Puller is called to a remote area in West Viginia to investigate the brutal murders of a family. Teaming up with local homicide detective Samantha Cole, it soon becomes clear that the case is part of a complex web of deceit as the body count rises, and Puller discovers that in this investigation, nothing is as it seems and nothing can be taken at face value.

Criminal investigator John Puller is drawn closer to home when his aunt is found dead in her house in Paradise, Florida. The local police have ruled the death as an accident, but Puller finds evidence to suggest that she may well have been murdered. On the surface the town lives up to its name, but as Puller digs deeper he realises that this town and its inhabitants are more akin to Hell than Paradise. And when Puller learns the truth about what is happening in this once sleepy town, he knows that his discoveries will have an impact far wider than Paradise.

Puller, has returned from his latest case in Florida to learn that his brother, Bobby, on death row at Leavenworth Prison for national security crimes, has escaped. Now he's on the run in disguise, and he's the US government's number one target. Puller has a dilemma. Which comes first, loyalty to his country or to his brother? 

Puller might be the US Army's most tenacious investigator, but he is not equipped to face the truth about his mother's disappearance thirty years ago, when new evidence suggests that Puller's father - a highly decorated army veteran - may have murdered his wife. When Puller's friend, intelligence operative Veronica Knox, arrives on the scene, he realizes that there is far more to this case than he first thought. He knows that nothing will prevent him from discovering what really happened.

When something distracts Secret Agent Sean King for a split second, it costs him his career and presidential candidate, Clyde Ritter, his life. But what stole his attention? And why was Ritter shot? Eight years later Michelle Maxwell is on the fast track through the ranks of the Secret Service when her career is stopped short: presidential candidate John Bruno is abducted from a funeral home while under her protection. The similarity between the two cases drives Michelle to re-open investigations into the Ritter fiasco and join forces with attractive ex-agent King.

Ex-Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are investigating the robbery of some secret documents at the residence of the incredibly wealthy Battle family. It seems like a straightforward case of domestic burglary, but soon they begin to suspect links to larger, more terrifying events now shaking the prosperous town of Writghtsburg. The unidentified corpse of an attractive young woman turns up in the woods; two high school kids are found dead in their car; a successful lawyer is discovered stabbed to death in her own home. A serial killer is on the loose and the body count is rising.

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are both haunted by their last case. Realizing that Michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, Sean arranges therapy for his reluctant partner. But instead of focusing on her recovery, Michelle unearths disturbing secrets in the hospital. Meanwhile, Sean accepts a much-needed job. A physicist has died in mysterious circumstances near Babbage Town – a secretive establishment populated by an eccentric group of scientists and cryptographers and funded by an anonymous but powerful group. Can Sean discover the truth? And will he be in time to save Michelle from herself?

Camp David, USA. A birthday party turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched after the celebrations. The First Lady enlists the services of Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to bring the child home safely. But she and King share a past. Years ago he saved her then-senator husband from political disaster. And this may not be all that passed between them. With Michelle still battling her own demons, the two are pushed to the limit, with forces aligned on all sides against them.

When alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is locked away in a psychiatric unit, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's lawyer, Ted Bergin, to examine the case further. But the investigation is derailed before it begins when Bergin is found murdered in his car on the highway. A sinister trail of terrifying events begins to unfold as King and Maxwell attempt to determine Roy's guilt or innocence. When the FBI becomes involved, it fast becomes apparent that there's much more to this case than meets the eye. 

King and Maxwell encounter teenager Tyler Wingo when he has just received the tragic news that his soldier father has been killed in Afghanistan. But then Tyler receives an email from his father . . . after his supposed death. Sean and Michelle are hired to solve the mystery, and their investigation leads to deeper, even more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? Was his mission all that it seemed? Has Tyler's life been a lie, and could he be the next target?

Nicolas Creel, a super-rich arms dealer, decides that the best way to boost his business is to start a new cold war - and he won't let anything or anyone get in his way. As international tensions rise and the superpowers line up against each other, the lives of three very different people will never be the same again. As intelligence agent Shaw, academic Anna Fischer and ambitious journalist Katie James are all drawn into Creel's games, can anything stop the world from spiraling out of control?

Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything . . . and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe. On Waller's trail is Shaw, the mysterious operative from The Whole Truth, who must prevent Waller from closing his latest deal. But Waller's depravity and ruthlessness go deeper than Shaw knows. And now, there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence - Reggie Campion, an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate - and she has an agenda of her own.

Oliver Stone spends most days camped opposite the White House, hoping to expose corruption wherever he finds it. But the stakes are raised when he and his friends, a group of conspiracy theorist misfits known as The Camel Club, accidentally witness the murder of an intelligence analyst. While The Camel Club is poised to expose a conspiracy that reaches into the heart of Washington's highly secretive corridors of power, agent Alex Ford finds out that his worst nightmare is about to happen. 

Annabelle is a beautiful stranger with a mysterious past, planning the heist of the century. Jonathan DeHaven, the shy head of the Rare Books Division at the Library of Congress, is planning nothing more than an uneventful day amongst his cherished collection. But when Jonathan is found dead by Caleb Shaw, a member of the Camel Club, two conspiracies are destined to meet as the Club determines to track down the dead man’s long-lost wife – and Annabelle decides to avenge the death of her beloved ex-husband.

Casino king Jerry Bagger from The Collectors is hunting Annabelle Conroy, the beautiful woman who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal all their resources to protect Annabelle. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone's own mysterious past: Bagger's menace pales next to newcomer Harry Finn's lethality. Passing as a normal family man, Finn has already killed three men, with more targets to come.

Known by his alias, 'Oliver Stone', John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price; the assassinations he carried out have prompted the highest levels of the United States Government to unleash a massive manhunt. Joe Knox is leading the charge, but his superiors aren't telling him everything there is to know about his quarry, and their hidden agendas are just as dangerous as the killer he's trying to catch.

On the night of the State Dinner honouring the British Prime Minister, Oliver Stone witnesses an explosion as the motorcade leaves the White House. A bomb has been detonated in what looks like a terrorist plot directed at the President and the Prime Minister. Stone, together with Harry Finn, Alex Ford and the rest of the Camel Club, is drawn into the inquiry. But everything is not what it seems, and what happened in the park may not have been the actual plan. It seems the mysterious attackers had another target in their sights, and it's up to the Camel Club to stop them.

Full of monsters, magic, danger and mystery, Vega Jane and the Secrets of Sorcery (previously published as The Finisher) is the first title in the thrilling Vega Jane children's fantasy adventure series. Welcome to Wormwood: a place where curiosity is discouraged and no one has ever left. Until one girl, Vega Jane, discovers a map that suggests a mysterious world beyond the walls. A world with possibilities and creatures beyond her imagining. But she will be forced to fight for her freedom. And unravelling the truth may cost Vega her life.

In the second book of the series, Vega and her best friend Delph must find a way to make it across this terrifying land of bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic. But the Quag is worse than Vega Jane's darkest imagining. It's a living, breathing prison designed to keep enemies out and the villagers of Wormwood in. The Quag will throw everything at Vega. It will try to break her. It will try to kill her. And survival might come at a price not even Vega is willing to pay.

This is it. Vega Jane's time. She has broken away from Wormwood, the only home she's ever known, and headed off into the Quag in search of the truth. She battles horrors to fight her way through it, with her best friend, Delph, and her mysterious canine, Harry Two, alongside her. Against all odds, they survive - but arrive into a place that's even worse. Not because deadly beasts roam the streets, but because the people there are enslaved and don't even know it. It's up to Vega, Delph, Harry Two and their new comrade, Petra, to take up the fight against a savage and cunning new foe.

Vega Jane has tried to outrun, outsmart, and outlast her enemy, but the showdown she has dreaded is finally here. Now her ragtag crew must face a fully trained army, knowing this could be the end. But when evil comes, heroes stand to meet it. And Vega Jane is a hero. The Stars Below is the epic conclusion to David’s Vega Jane series.

When thirty-four-year-old army veteran Jack Armstrong is told he has only weeks to live, he is devastated at the thought of leaving his wife Lizzie and their three children behind. Then on Christmas Eve, while Jack prepares to say goodbye to his family, tragedy strikes again and Lizzie is killed in a car accident. The future looks bleak, but then the family inherits Lizzie's beautiful oceanfront childhood home, and during one unforgettable summer Jack and the children begin to rebuild their lives.

Mace Perry, maverick cop on the DC police force, lost everything when she was framed for a crime she didn’t commit. Now she’s out of prison and trying to rebuild her life, but first, she needs to find the people who set her up. When a female lawyer is found murdered, her death seems entwined with Mace’s story, and her investigation deepens.

Forced to take the train from Washington to LA after a slight 'misunderstanding' at airport security, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart. A journey of self-discovery and rude awakenings, mysterious goings-on and thrilling adventures, screwball escapades and holiday magic.

Web London has lost everything – his friends, his team, his reputation as a part of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team – in a high-tech ambush that left him the last man standing. Now he must uncover the reason he was the only man left alive, and where the killer will strike next.

When the Cardinal family are involved in a terrible car crash, twelve-year-old Lou and seven-year-old Oz lose their father, while their mother is left in a coma. Their world seems to be falling apart, until their great-grandmother agrees to raise the boys on her mountain farm. But when their idylic home is threatened by the discovery of natural gas on the mountain, the Cardinal family face a battle to keep the only place they know as home.

Danny Buchanan once earned a fortune serving the interests of giant corporations. But, appalled by the poverty he witnessed on his travels, he now works as a lobbyist in Washington, using his political genius to help the world’s poor. But when ruthless CIA operative Robert Thornhill discovers the secret of Danny’s influence, he is determined to destroy him.

This tense courtroom drama sees a young soldier, Rufus Harms, hailed for the brutal murder of a young girl. But twenty-five years later, new facts come to light about the night of the murder, and an evil secret shared by some of Washington’s most powerful men. Fearing for his life, Harms seizes his one chance to escape.

When LuAnn Taylor, poverty-stricken single parent, is offered a once in a lifetime opportunity – a guaranteed $100 million lottery win – it seems like an offer that no one could refuse. But she does. Less than a day later she’s on the run and fighting for her life.

Jason Archer, rising star at Triton Global, the world’s leading technology company, id determined to give his family the very best. But he’s unknowingly entered into a deadly game that will lead to his disappearance, and his wife Sidney being plunged into a sinister and violent plot involving the country’s most powerful individual.

Adapted into a film directed by, and starring, Clint Eastwood, Absolute Power is a gripping story set at the heart of Washington DC’s political power. When professional burglar Luther Whitney gets trapped on the job, he witnesses something that destroys his faith in justice. Can he uncover a political conspiracy to goes all the way to the President of the United States?

Simply Lies is the latest thriller from David Baldacci, featuring Mickey Gibson, a former New Jersey detective and single mother of two. She also works for global investigation company, ProEye, to track down assets of the wealthy who have tried to avoid their creditors. One day she gets a call from a colleague, asking her to visit the home of a notorious arms dealer who has cheated some of ProEye’s clients in the past. Mickey arrives at the mansion to discover the body of a man hidden in a secret room and soon discovers that nothing is at it seems . . .