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"Unlike any character I've written before": David Baldacci's newest novel is an 'experiment'

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Sat, 15 Nov 2025, 1:40pm
Best selling author, David Baldacci poses for a portait at his office on Wednesday October 15, 2025. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Best selling author, David Baldacci poses for a portait at his office on Wednesday October 15, 2025. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"Unlike any character I've written before": David Baldacci's newest novel is an 'experiment'

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 15 Nov 2025, 1:40pm

An attorney by education, David Baldacci is an acclaimed novelist with a penchant for suspense and legal thrillers.  

He’s written over 50 books, and his specialist knowledge of the US political and legal systems make his stories international bestsellers. 

‘Nash Falls’ is his newest work, the tale of an ordinary businessman recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network.  

Baldacci has been writing for over thirty years, and Walter Nash, the protagonist of the novel, is unlike any he’s written before. 

“I’ve been writing a long time and one of my chief things that I do to keep myself motivated is just to challenge myself,” he told Jack Tame. 

“Get out of my comfort zone, create characters I haven’t created before.” 

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