In 2019, he donated $1 million to the home. īaldacci served for 10 years on the board of trustees of the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Baldacci became involved with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society after his sister, author Sharon Baldacci, was diagnosed with MS. To date, Baldacci has published 46 best-selling novels for adults as well as seven novels for younger readers.īaldacci resides in Fairfax County, Virginia, with his family.īaldacci and his wife, Michelle, are the co-founders of the Wish You Well Foundation, which works to combat illiteracy in the United States by funding adult literacy and education programs. Published in 1996, it was an international best seller. While practicing law, he turned to novel writing, taking three years to write Absolute Power. He wrote for more than two decades, penning short stories and later screenplays without much success. Robie finds himself a fugitive in a dangerous position.Baldacci began writing stories as a child, when his mother gave him a notebook in which to record them. And he's particularly attracting the attention of a tenacious female investigator who believes the two cases may be connected. The police investigating the deaths start to take an interest in Robie. She's too scared to reveal her true identity and why, if indeed she knows, there are those who want her dead. On his escape from the city, he saves a young teenage girl from an unknown killer. But it seems that he is not the only one who is on the run and in danger. Having failed in his mission, Robie needs to leave the scene fast. She's an unlikely victim, and why does she pose a threat to national security? But back in DC, when government employee and mother of two, Denise Tamaron, is detailed as his next target, Robie fails to pull the trigger. His task is to eliminate suspected enemies of the US government. Five stars.' įreelance hitman, Will Robie, has a mission which takes him first to Edinburgh and then to Tangier. 'Provides the reader a non-stop pulse pounding ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat into the wee hours of the morning. 'This taut, action-packed adventure is Baldacci at his very best' Daily Express

'The page-turner of the season' The Times

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