Movies from David Baldacci

The Christmas Train

Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon finds himself westbound with a variety of characters. While all passengers on the Christmas train appear to be headed for the same destination, Tom has no idea that the rugged locomotives taking him across America will instead detour straight into his heart.
David Baldacci
Writer
Terrific cast, beautiful film. Hats off to @hallmarkchannel, @billabbottHC, & @MichelleVicary for being so faithful to my book.
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.
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The Woman Who Died a Lot

The seventh book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series by Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' - HeraldThe BookWorld's leading enforcement officer Thursday Next is four months into an enforced semi-retirement following an assassination attempt. She returns home to Swindon for what you'd expect to be a time of recuperation. If only life were that simple. Thursday is faced with an array of family problems - son Friday's lack of focus since his career in the Chronoguard was relegated to a might-have-been, daughter Tuesday's difficulty perfecting the Anti-Smote shield needed to thwart an angry Deity's promise to wipe Swindon off the face of the earth, and Jenny, who doesn't exist. And that's not all. With Goliath attempting to replace Thursday at every opportunity with synthetic Thursdays, the prediction that Friday's Destiny-Aware colleagues will die in mysterious circumstances, and a looming meteorite that could destroy all human life on earth, Thursday's retirement is going to be anything but easy . . .
David Baldacci
Writer
The Woman Who Died A Lot by @jasperfforde. Fforde is one of my favorite authors.
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The Bone Code

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs’s twentieth “brilliant” (Louise Penny) thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, whose examinations of unidentified bodies ignite a terrifying series of events. “This is A-game Reichs, with crisp prose, sharp dialogue, and plenty of suspense” (Booklist).On the way to hurricane-ravaged Isle of Palms, a barrier island off the South Carolina coast, Tempe receives a call from the Charleston coroner. The storm has tossed ashore a medical waste container. Inside are two decomposed bodies wrapped in plastic and bound with electrical wire. Tempe recognizes many of the details as identical to those of an unsolved case she handled in Quebec fifteen years earlier. With a growing sense of foreboding, she travels to Montreal to gather evidence. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Carolina become increasingly alarmed as a human flesh-eating contagion spreads. So focused is Tempe on identifying the container victims that, initially, she doesn’t register how their murders and the pestilence may be related. But she does recognize one unsettling fact. Someone is protecting a dark secret—and willing to do anything to keep it hidden. An absorbing look at the sinister uses to which genetics can be put and featuring a cascade of ever-more-shocking revelations, The Bone Code is “a murder mystery story that races across America at the speed of fright” (James Patterson).
David Baldacci
Writer
Tonight: We're celebrating @KathyReichs, THE BONE CODE, and the return of Tempe Brennan, everyone's favorite fictional forensic anthropologist.
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The Lightning Rod

New York Times Bestseller“Nola is the most accomplished kicker of ass since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” —A. J. FinnZig and Nola are back—in the hugely entertaining, highly anticipated follow-up to Brad Meltzer’s #1 New York Times bestselling thriller The Escape Artist.What’s the one secret no one knows about you?Archie Mint has a secret. He’s led a charmed life—he’s got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. But when he’s killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered—and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint’s been hiding criminal secrets none of them could have imagined.While working on Mint’s body before his funeral, mortician “Zig” Zigarowski discovers something he was never meant to see. That telling detail leads him to Mint’s former top secret military unit and his connection to artist Nola Brown. Two years ago, Nola saved Zig’s life—so he knows better than most that she’s as volatile and dangerous as a bolt of lightning.Following Nola’s trail, he uncovers one of the U.S. government’s most intensely guarded secrets—an undisclosed military facility that dates back to the Cold War and holds the key to something far more sinister: a hidden group willing to compromise the very safety and security of America itself.Trouble always finds her…She’s the lightning rod.
David Baldacci
Writer
Out today from my friend @bradmeltzer: THE LIGHTNING ROD. Buy a copy from your favorite bookseller.
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Pigloo

Pigloo is an explorer. His destination? The North Pole. Big sister Paisley has doubts about Pigloo's plan, but Pigloo knows that explorers have to be patient as well as brave. When Pigloo takes his sled to the top of a hill, he sets off on his expedition--with a little unexpected help.This sweet, expressively illustrated story shows that sometimes the greatest adventures are the ones that happen in your own backyard.
David Baldacci
Writer
Looking for a charming & witty winter story for your favorite young reader? PIGLOO from the talented @AnneMariePace is it.
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Out of Time

In this explosive thriller, a fiendishly clever serial bomber and self-styled "eco-terrorist" hits targets across America--and a conflicted young FBI agent may be the only person possessing the unique skills needed to catch him.“A provocative, important, and very thrilling novel. I loved it. I savored the pages.” —James Patterson “A gripping, complex and heart-wrenching story that is as provocative as it is thrilling. Klass can weave a tale like few others.” —David Baldacci A massive FBI manhunt is underway for an elusive and terrifyingly adept serial bomber. He's just struck his sixth target, Idaho's Boon Dam, killing a dozen innocent people. But the bomber, who the press has dubbed "Green Man," insists these drastic acts of violence--each one carefully selected to destroy a target that threatens the environment--are necessary to draw the world's attention to the climate-change emergency. The FBI has no real leads. It's as if Green Man can predict every step of their investigation, skillfully evading all their standard tactics.Until young agent Tom Smith approaches the task-force leader with an unexpected insight. Tom, a computer programmer by training, may be the only person with the unique skill set needed to catch Green Man before he strikes again....
David Baldacci
Writer
Looking for your next page turner? OUT OF TIME is it.
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City of Dreams

New York Times BestsellerFollowing the epic, ambitious, instant New York Times bestseller City on Fire, “The Godfather for our generation” (Adrian McKinty), comes the dramatic second novel in an epic crime trilogy from Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel and The Border).Hollywood.The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life.A quiet, peaceful existence.But the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor that could make him a fortune or kill him. And when Hollywood starts shooting a film based on his former life, Danny demands a piece of the action and begins to rebuild his criminal empire.Then he falls in love.With a beautiful movie star who has a dark past of her own.As their worlds collide in an explosion that could destroy them both, Danny Ryan has to fight for his life in a city where dreams are born.Or where they go to die.From the shores of Rhode Island to the deserts of California where bodies disappear, from the power corridors of Washington where the real criminals operate to the fabled movie studios of Hollywood where the real money is made, City of Dreams is a sweeping saga of family, love, revenge, survival and the fierce reality behind the dream.
David Baldacci
Writer
Get ready for a great read from a master!
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Her Name Is Knight

A smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances. But while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man she's come to respect, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. Meanwhile, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village, murdered her family, and sold her into captivity. Nena can't resist the temptation of vengeance--and she doesn't want to. Before she can reclaim her life, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good.
David Baldacci
Writer
Add it to your must-read list!
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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!
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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.
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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

King & Maxwell

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell aren't your typical pair of private investigators. As discredited Secret Service agents, their unique skills often give them a leg up on suspects and conventional law enforcement. He's charming and always one step ahead of the game; she's a fearless force to be reckoned with. As a team, they're unstoppable.
David Baldacci
Writer
I'm ready for #KingandMaxwell Season 2.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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