Movies from David Baldacci

Chinatown

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
David Baldacci
Writer
Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway star in this 1974 classic about a private detective hired to expose an adulterer who finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Movies from David Baldacci

The Big Sleep

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
David Baldacci
Writer
The 1946 classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. When an L.A. private eye is hired by a rich family to resolve a blackmail case, he encounters a trail of murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and what might be love.
Books recommended by David Baldacci
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20 Reads from David Baldacci Book List

Author shares his 20 recommendations and reading list from the most underrated book to the gold standard for legal thrillers!
David Baldacci
Writer
Author shares his 20 recommendations and reading list from the most underrated book to the gold standard for legal thrillers!
Books recommended by David Baldacci
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4 Books that Inspired David Baldacci

4 Literary inspirations that nourished detective-novels genius of David Baldacci.
David Baldacci
Writer
4 Literary inspirations that nourished detective-novels genius of David Baldacci.
Books from David Baldacci

A Dangerous Man

A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--and Joe Pike's most perilous case to date.Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.After posting bail, the two abductors are murdered and Izzy disappears. Pike calls on his friend, Elvis Cole, to help learn the truth. What Elvis uncovers is a twisted family story that involves corporate whistleblowing, huge amounts of cash, the Witness Relocation Program, and a long line of lies. But what of all that did Izzy know? Is she a perpetrator or a victim? And how far will Joe go to find out?
David Baldacci
Writer
What book are you reading now? A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais. Bob is a good friend and a helluva writer.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

Downton Abbey

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
David Baldacci
Writer
The TV show that’s my guiltiest pleasure Downton Abbey. It’s basically a soap opera set in the early 1900s, but the actors are incredible and it’s so well done.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

The Blacklist

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
David Baldacci
Writer
The last TV series I binged The Blacklist. At my son’s prompting. I’ve always loved James Spader and he knocks it out of the park here. And Megan Boone is a great sidekick and more than holds her own. The plots are smart and the pace is a lightning bolt.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

Suits

While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
David Baldacci
Writer
The TV show I think doesn’t get its due Blackish followed closely by Doc Martin followed closely by Suits. These are all very different shows, but I don’t think they’ve gotten the following and professional recognition they deserve. Great writing and acting is rare. Let’s celebrate it when it comes together.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

black-ish

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
David Baldacci
Writer
The TV show I think doesn’t get its due Blackish followed closely by Doc Martin followed closely by Suits. These are all very different shows, but I don’t think they’ve gotten the following and professional recognition they deserve. Great writing and acting is rare. Let’s celebrate it when it comes together
TV Shows from David Baldacci

Modern Family

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
David Baldacci
Writer
The actor I’d want to play me in a movie If Brad Pitt’s not available, then Matt Damon can step up. If he’s not up to it, Ty Burrell who plays Phil Dunphy on Modern Family, will work just fine. Like Phil, I’m a goofball with a big heart.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

DCI Banks

A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.
David Baldacci
Writer
If I had space I would speak to Luther, Inspector Lynley, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, The Field of Blood, Wire in the Blood and DCI Banks.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

Wire in the Blood

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.
David Baldacci
Writer
If I had space I would speak to Luther, Inspector Lynley, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, The Field of Blood, Wire in the Blood and DCI Banks.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

The Field of Blood

Adaptation of Denise Mina's thriller set in 1982. When the story of a murder has huge implications for her family, newspaper copy boy Paddy Meehan battles prejudices to get to the truth. As she inches closer to revealing the truth, her investigations place her in mortal danger.
David Baldacci
Writer
If I had space I would speak to Luther, Inspector Lynley, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, The Field of Blood, Wire in the Blood and DCI Banks.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

Sherlock

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
David Baldacci
Writer
I have left out many terrific series but if I had space I would speak to Luther, Inspector Lynley, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, The Field of Blood, Wire in the Blood and DCI Banks.
TV Shows from David Baldacci

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.
David Baldacci
Writer
I had space I would speak to Luther, Inspector Lynley, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, The Field of Blood, Wire in the Blood and DCI Banks.
Music from David Baldacci

Philadelphia Freedom

David Baldacci
Writer
The song people might be surprised I know all the words to Philadelphia Freedom. But only because I had to lip synch it for a New Year’s Party while dressed as Elton John complete with glasses, rings and a gold lamé jacket with dollar signs. Everybody said it was the money song of the night. But then again they were all drunk.
Music from David Baldacci

It Ain't Easy

David Baldacci
Writer
The first album I bought with my own money Three Dog Night’s It Ain’t Easy. I last saw this album in my parent’s attic thirty years ago. I think by now it’s either been sold on eBay a hundred times or is in a landfill in Richmond, Virginia.
Music from David Baldacci

Adele 25

David Baldacci
Writer
The last album I listened to Adele’s 25. This woman is amazing. I saw her do Carpool Karaoke with James Corden and fell in love with her humor. And of course that voice. A truly one-of-a-kind talent.
Music from David Baldacci

Paradise By the Dashboard Light

David Baldacci
Writer
The song that always makes me feel better Meat Loaf’s Paradise By the Dashboard Light. If that doesn’t sum up the perils of young love in one song I don’t know what does! I liked it so much I used it in a book once, King & Maxwell. I listened to the song while I was writing the scene.
Podcasts from David Baldacci

Season One - Serial Podcast

A high-school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland. A month later, her body was found in a city park. And two weeks after that, her former boyfriend and classmate, 17-year-old Adnan Syed, was arrested for the crime. He was convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Syed has always said he had nothing to do with Lee’s death. Sarah Koenig sorted through thousands of documents, listened to trial testimony and police interrogations, and talked to everyone she could find about what happened between Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee. What she discovered is a story far more complicated than the jury, or the public, ever got to hear.
David Baldacci
Writer
David Baldacci’s Favorite True Crime Podcast: Season One of the Serial Podcast