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This is the 33rd book I have read by David Baldacci, and I envision reading many more. Nash Falls is a real winner—and the launch of a brand-new series.
Walter Nash is a smart, fair, relentlessly hardworking executive at Sybaritic Investments, with a loving wife and daughter and a life that looks polished and secure. That illusion shatters after his estranged father’s funeral, when the FBI pressures him to expose a global money-laundering operation inside his own firm, led by the ruthless Victoria Steers.
Nash agrees, even knowing previous informants have died. When his cover is blown, the retaliation is brutal and deeply personal. His world implodes, and the transformation that follows—from dutiful banker to relentless survivor—feels raw and earned. Baldacci excels at placing an ordinary man in extraordinary danger, then tightening the screws.
I supplemented the eBook with audio, and the production is outstanding. Narrators MacLeod Andrews, Christine Lakin, Larry Herron, Shiromi Arserio, and Will Collyer bring energy and nuance to every perspective.
The ending makes it clear this is only the beginning—and I am more than ready to follow Walter Nash wherever he goes next.
** Thanks to NetGalley, Grand Central Publishing, and Hachette Audio for complimentary copies. Opinions are my own.