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David Baldacci Author Read Alikes April 5, 2018
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If you enjoy reading books by David Baldacci try these authors.
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Honeymoon : A Novel by James PattersonWhen a young investment banker dies under suspicious circumstances, FBI agent John O'Hara pursues a suspicion that the victim's beautiful decorator bride is responsible, but as the evidence mounts, he wonders if he has become obsessed with proving the woman's guilt.
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The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael ConnellyMickey Haller, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, takes the case of a Beverly Hills playboy accused of attacking a woman he picked up at a bar, and Mickey soon finds the case spinning out of control to the point that his own life is at stake.
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Extreme Prey by John SandfordInvited to join his governor friend's campaign staff for the presidency, Lucas Davenport discovers that the governor is being stalked by a would-be assassin who proves lethal to anyone in the way of his target.
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The Runaway Jury by John GrishamA member of the jury for the century's most explosive trial against a giant tobacco company, Juror #2, a mysterious man with a past and a hidden agenda, joins forces with a beautiful woman on the outside to get the verdict he wants, no matter what the cost
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Term Limits by Vince FlynnThree of Washington's most powerful and least scrupulous politicians are executed with surgical precision by a team of military commandos demanding that the government restore power to the people, and only one congressman can stop them
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Night School : A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee ChildThe iconic Jack Reacher embarks on an unprecedented adventure after a pivotal day marked by a medal, his return to school and his work with teammates Marian Sinclair and Frances Neagley.
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Collateral Damage : A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart WoodsReturning to New York where he is approached by CIA assistant director and sometime lover Holly Barker, Stone Barrington is drawn into a dangerous game of murder and vengeance against an enemy who is engaged in a nefarious plot beyond Stone's imagining.
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The Innocent by Harlan CobenYears after being released from jail for an accidental death incident, Matt Hunter's hopes of moving on with his pregnant wife are shattered when he becomes the focus of a serial murder investigation, a situation that forces Matt and his family to shift outside of the law to protect their future.
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Plum Island
by Nelson DeMille
When Tom and Judy Gordon are found murdered in their Long Island home, NYPD detective John Corey uncovers a chilling link between the couple's deaths and the theft and illegal sale of genetically altered viruses
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Killer : An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan KellermanDisregarding a death threat from an irate doctor who has been denied custody of a baby because of his court report, psychologist Alex Delaware is shocked to learn that a hit has been taken out on him, that the doctor has been found murdered and that the baby has been kidnapped.
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A Death in Vienna by Daniel SilvaSent to Vienna to authenticate a painting, art restorer and occasional spy Gabriel Allon sets out to uncover the truth about a photograph of an unnamed man who had brutalized his mother during the final days of World War II, during the Death March from Auschwitz, a quest that could unravel an evil with profound repercussions in the present.
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The List by Steve MartiniIn the seductive world of entertainment, a lawyer-turned-novelist concocts the ultimate scheme to outwit the biggest players in New York and Hollywood, and nothing will stop her rise to the top or prepare her for its deadly price.
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Black List : A Thriller by Brad ThorWhen his name is added to a top-secret government list of individuals slated for assassination, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath engages in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game of survival while struggling to prevent a cataclysmic terrorist attack and learn who has framed him for treason.
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The First Counsel by Brad MeltzerA young, up-and-coming White House attorney, Michael Garrick becomes enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy when he gets too close to Nora Harston, the president's sexy daughter, and finds himself on the run, accused of a murder he did not commit.
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The Charlemagne Pursuit : A Novel by Steve BerryA mysterious manuscript discovered in the tomb of Charlemagne sends Cotton Malone on a perilous international quest that takes him and twin sisters with their own agenda from an ancient German cathedral to the harsh, unforgiving world of Antarctica in pursuit of the truth about the death of his father on a classified sub mission beneath Antarctica. .
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Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins ClarkWhen her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family's priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past.
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Accused : A Rosato & Associates Novel by Lisa ScottolineWhen a thirteen-year-old genius and member of the most powerful family in the country believes that the man imprisoned for killing her sister six years earlier is innocent, the law firm of Rosato & Associates agree to reopen the case
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Carte Blanche : The New James Bond Novel by Jeffery DeaverA James Bond thriller set in the present day finds the iconic British spy engaging a horrific modern villain in a cat-and-mouse chase that takes him from the Balkans and London to the African Continent
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Ripper : The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Daniels CornwellCollecting never-before-seen archival material—including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause—a #1 New York Times best-selling author asserts that Jack the Ripper was actually vain and charismatic painter Walter Sickert. (
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Led Astray by Sandra BrownMourning the sudden death of her fiancé, Jenny Fletcher leans on his enigmatic brother, Cage, for support and discovers a gentler side to his wild and reckless nature that unexpectedly captures her heart.
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Mississippi Blood : A Novel by Greg IlesA conclusion to the best-selling trilogy that includes The Bone Tree finds a shattered Penn Cage shut out by his once-revered Southern doctor father, who is about to be tried for murder in the wake of revelations about a mixed-race child and KKK associations.
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Loss of Innocence by Richard North PattersonA sweeping family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings is set against the backdrop of the turbulent summer of 1968 in Martha's Vineyard, where 22-year-old Whitney Dane begins questioning her goals and sense of independence at the side of a fiercely ambitious, underprivileged man.
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Prince of Ravenscar : A Sherbrooke Novel by Catherine CoulterPressured by his family to remarry, Nicholas Monroe is unable to move past the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, for which his brother-in-law holds him responsible during an ugly confrontation that reveals long-held and violently protected secrets.
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The Disappeared by C. J BoxWyoming game warden Joe Pickett tackles two parallel cases involving the disappearance of a prominent British executive and a group of falconers who are being harassed by the feds, a double assignment that catches the attentions of a dangerous adversary.
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V is for Vengeance by Sue GraftonA latest entry in the best-selling series that includes U is for Undertow finds Kinsey Millhone receiving for her 38th birthday a facial punch that leaves her with a broken nose and two black eyes before tackling a suspicious suicide involving a host of unscrupulous characters.
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Suspect by Robert CraisStruggling to reclaim his career after the devastating murder of his partner eight months earlier, LAPD cop Max Kent is teamed with a traumatized military canine named Maggie who assists Max in an effort to track down his late partner's killer.
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Summerland : A Novel by Elin HilderbrandFollows the lives of four high school students, their friends and families after a fatal car accident on graduation night on Nantucket has lasting repercussions for everyone involved, in this new novel from the author of Silvergirl.
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Fall From Grace : A Novel by Danielle SteelWhen her wealthy and devoted husband dies suddenly in an accident, Sydney is devastated to learn that he left his estate to his vindictive daughters, a situation that forces her to take a job where she is wrongly set up to take the fall for a corrupt employer's illegal activities.
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Robert Ludlum's (tm) The Janson Option by Paul GarrisonAn ex-covert-ops soldier and his sharpshooting partner, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates, in the third novel of the series following
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If Not For You : A Novel by Debbie MacomberMoving away from her oppressive parents in hopes of taking charge of her own life, Beth takes a job as a school music teacher and initially resists her attraction to a tattooed mechanic who is the epitome of everything her conservative parents fear.
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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah"In 1974, a former Vietnam POW, suffering from flashbacks and nightmares, moves his family to Alaska to live off the grid in an attempt to find peace, restoration, and freedom. They will also face dangers, both internally and externally, as they face theultimate test of the human spirit"
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Catch Me by Lisa GardnerApproached by a young woman who claims her murder is imminent, detective D. D. Warren hears her chilling story about how all of her close childhood friends have been murdered on the anniversary of the same day and that she is the only one still alive, a case that is complicated by a vigilante shooter.
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